Episode 12 - The Planet Saving Laptop
Jul 01, 2019•24 min•Transcript available on Metacast Episode description
On the season one finale of the podcast we look into the global phenomenon known as One Laptop Per Child. It was a project that took off like a rocket ship in 2006, raising enormous amounts of money, grabbing the attention of world leaders and making headlines on all the major news outlets.
How did a nonprofit take on the audacious goal of getting every child on the planet a laptop? And over a decade later, how far did they get in improving the education and lives of the poor?
