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Fund loss staggers group giving laptops to poor children

Students like these in Arahuay, Peru, benefited from One Laptop Per Child, but the program has had to cut its staff. Students like these in Arahuay, Peru, benefited from One Laptop Per Child, but the program has had to cut its staff. (Martin Mejia/Associated Press/File 2007)
By Hiawatha Bray
Globe Staff / January 9, 2009

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The Cambridge foundation that sought to transform developing countries by giving free laptop computers to poor children suffered a devastating loss of revenue last year and has been forced to slash its staff in half. (Full article: 869 words)

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