Little Things that Count
About a year and a half ago, I said something about buying a laptop or two for my Dad's village school - and you guys responded really well I thought. I got super ambitious in the meantime, and decided that the best thing to do would be to set up a small non-profit to make it more durable and more attractive to would-be donors (who doesn't want a tax write off?). But as always I let myself get too bogged down in details (what to name it, who to put on the board, what to write in the charter, etc) that I lost track of the whole point.
Well it's been two years since I've been back to Sudan with not even a calculator to show for it. I am planning a trip to the Sudan in December and I would like to be able to present the folks at the school with at least one machine, so that the kids can get a leg up in their education. To that end, I am all about accepting cash, software (preferably education) and/or even rebuilt laptops so that I can pass them along. Wouldn't want the village to think I am TOTALLY useless. If you're interested then email me at lofatmo at the rest of this site name (or if you can't figure that out, just leave a comment with where I can reach you to get stuff arranged).
I am also working on getting all this sponsored through an NGO on the ground in the Sudan, but we'll see how that pans out. It might be better to go that route than to start things on my own without the proper support in place.