One Laptop per Child Rwanda (OLPC-Rwanda) is the only secondary international headquarters of One Laptop per Child (OLPC) in the world. OLPC’s mission is to empower the world’s poorest children through education by providing each child with a rugged, low-cost, low-power, connected laptop—the XO laptop–to evoke collaborative, joyful, and self-empowered learning. OLPC-Rwanda aims helps to support this broader mission but, more specially, to work on improving the educational conditions of teachers, children, schools and communities in Rwanda through the use of the XO. To achieve this objective we advise the Rwandan government on the deployment of XO laptops throughout the country. We also work hand in hand with other organizations interested in improving the quality of education and community development.
Name of organization:Â One Laptop per Child Rwanda
Website address:Â www.laptop.org
Physical Address: One Laptop Per Child Rwanda, US Residence Avenue, Mukeka House (World Relief Compound), Kacyiru
Mailing Address: P.O. Box: N/A
Directions to find Country Office: (e.g. “up the Gisozi hill from Kinambaâ€)
Began work in Rwanda in year:Â 2009
Organization Leadership:
- Country Director – Pedro Cuellar
Cell Phone – 0725306277
- Others – Julia Reynolds
Cell Phone – 0750552766
Area working in: Country-wide
Educational activities:
- Advocacy
- Curriculum Development
- Teacher training
- Capacity building
- Access to education
- Orphans and vulnerable students
- Parenting/Community education