OLE Bolivia
OLE Bolivia. Under the gifted leadership of Yamandu (Yama) Ploskonka, OLE has hit the ground running in this South American country!
While formal incorporation of a national OLE is in progress with recruitment of a national board of directors, Yama has brought together a team of local volunteers to translate the Sugar computer interface used in the XO computers from One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) into Aymara, the language spoken by over two million Bolivians.During the weekend of September 13-14, 2009 the team worked through a 25-hour-long marathon session on this important project. . A further translation project will allow OLE members to use the Course Development Studio and access the Billion Kids Library in Aymara.
The Aymara currently lack many of the educational materials that would help them obtain a quality education. OLE Bolivia will help bridge that gap by helping Aymara children have the same access to computer-based quality education as those who speak languages for which computer software is already available.
The translation project provides a stong start in creating a good foundation for OLE Bolivia. Starting with this early focus on Bolivia’s ‘first nation’ people, OLE Bolivia is dedicated to providing access to quality education and world class content to the 3.1 million children of Bolivia. This is a key step in achieving Universal Basic Education by 2015.
To learn more go to their website: bolivia.ole.org
