Comments on: .going to baan dada* http://www.joycelankim.com/2008/06/going-to-baan-dada/ stuff Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:21:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: joycekim http://www.joycelankim.com/2008/06/going-to-baan-dada/#comment-28 joycekim Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:59:33 +0000 http://www.joycelankim.com/?p=50#comment-28 thanks for your comment Shaon! i have looked into OLPC, but unless you donate $ for 100 computers, you cannot designate where the laptops go. so we shall see - maybe upon my return, i can try to get some people to donate enough for <a href="http://laptopfoundation.org/participate/givemany.shtml" rel="nofollow"> 100 laptops @ $310/laptop <a/>. thanks for your comment Shaon! i have looked into OLPC, but unless you donate $ for 100 computers, you cannot designate where the laptops go. so we shall see - maybe upon my return, i can try to get some people to donate enough for 100 laptops @ $310/laptop .

]]> By: Shaon Diwakar http://www.joycelankim.com/2008/06/going-to-baan-dada/#comment-27 Shaon Diwakar Sun, 29 Jun 2008 05:53:29 +0000 http://www.joycelankim.com/?p=50#comment-27 Wow, good luck with the volunteering - its takes a lot of guts to actually go out there and help. Its a lot easier (in perspective) to simply through a few dollars at your favourite charity and forget about the underlying problem - in the hope that someone else will take care of them. A big bravo for have the courage to put your money where your mouth is and actually *doing* something about what you believe in - I wish I had the courage and the resources to do likewise! On a side note, what about taking the <a href="http://laptop.org/" rel="nofollow">OLPCs</a> to Thailand? Wow, good luck with the volunteering - its takes a lot of guts to actually go out there and help. Its a lot easier (in perspective) to simply through a few dollars at your favourite charity and forget about the underlying problem - in the hope that someone else will take care of them.

A big bravo for have the courage to put your money where your mouth is and actually *doing* something about what you believe in - I wish I had the courage and the resources to do likewise!

On a side note, what about taking the OLPCs to Thailand?

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