Design Analysis: Give 1 Get 1 Program: One Laptop per Child

The Give 1 Get 1 Program: One laptop per Child, founded by Nicholas Negroponte, is a program that sold and donated XO laptops. The Complete analysis of the program goes as follows:

History:           

•       Computers were sold for $399.00

•       On November 12, 2007 OLPC started the Give 1Get 1 Program

•       In total 83,500 people participated

•       Eventually, the program ended before a full year went through and was over by April 19, 2008

•       FAILS: Order fulfillment and shipment issue delays

•       TRYING AGAIN: On December 31, 2008, OLPC restarted the G1G1 Program through Amazon (amazon.com) and amazon.co.uk for the United Kingdom

•       Computers were still sold for the same price of $399.00

• •        In total 12,500 laptops were sold for a total of ~ $2.5 million 

Current Context:

•       The creators started this generous company on their own, despite the margin of failing

• •        And despite the failure, OLPC is continuing to study what went wrong in their G1G1 Program & to pursuit different methods of fundraising

Predecessors:

• •       Company was founded on their own with the aid of investors of companies and organizations such as eBay, Google, Marvell, and News Corporation.
• •       No other organizations provided this kind of service with laptops, however some clothing and show companies such as Toms do follow the Give 1 Get 1 program.

Future:

•       The concept of G1G1 and the program in general no longer exists

• •       OLPC plans to focus on fundraising as a company now

Function and use:

•       To aid those who are globally underprivileged 

o   Educational tool

o   Exposing students to technology that they would normally not see

•       Concept of giving and taking

o   Buy a computer 

o   Send one to a child in need

• •  Computers are distributed to students in school during class