Nicholas Negroponte, founder of the MIT Media Laboratory, started the One Laptop Per Child project to distribute the “$100 laptop” to children around the world. He sees this as a great way to connect and teach children technological skills early on.
You can read stories from countries around the world and see how you can get involved with the project or donate.
Nicholas presented this project and followed up on how it’s doing at these two TED Conferences:
Freedom For Sustainability 