I donated for the cause, and it is nice to know you have a chance (whether you win or not) to get rewarded for doing so.

wow.. dontated
$50usd = $57.3aud

just.. wow.. didnt realise it was that low..

/me goes to amazon.com

If i dont win can I get a winner up prize? I want a monkey named Bob :)

I believe I won't get anything because I couldn't donate anything.Being a student is pathetic.I don't have any credit card or online account.Though I've registered but I think, someone who have donated to this great & Wise cause, will win.Best of luck.Wish if i could help but student's life
is like, " Mental Sadomasochism " .

One more time to try to get this to post................entered the contest as I need some parts bad, made a donation, not much due to being on a fixed income being disabled but always glad to help. Also new at forums other than reading them.....................have posted twice but do not see them............will try the ctrl-enter this time................any help would be appreciated if doing wrong, will also delete any more than the one post so you do not have to read the same thing 3 times.................good luck with the fund raising!

Just joined, entered the contest, sure can use the parts big time...... made a contribute the best I can afford as I am disabled and on a fixed income but there are people out there in worse situations than I, plus the chance for new stuff and also made a post which I do not see..............does it take a bit to show up or did I do something wrong..............at my age one would think I knew how to do this stuff but learning all the time...............read the forums when stuck but new at joining them.................if I did any wrong would someone please let me know, thank you.

Hi all, thanks for having me, new at forums except for reading them, get great info from your site. I was glad to donate what I could but limited to funds as I am disabled and on a fixed income but know things could be worse but did send $10 to help.

Hope all had a great Christmas and God bless all os uf this new year to come!

Kevin.

$25 for a cause like this was easy.

<S> to the TR crew.

I sent $10, its all this poor college student can afford.

Contributed $20. Good idea tech report and a good cause. Makes me feel that I did at least one thing right this Christmas. I could use a peryn processor too :D

I was glad to donate a few bucks, and here's to hoping in a nice little gift in January. Man, do I need a new computer! :-)

Happy to contribute!

glad to help..

ah crap i submitted a dud entry with just name/email by mistake (no address etc) :( not trying to game the system! delete my first entry pls.. (same email address as this account)

How long will you guys be accepting donations? I'd love to help, but money is a little tight at the moment. I just got a new job but my first pay check doesn't come in until mid January...

I donated. And I'm liking the odds!

Gave $10 which is all I can afford, I apologize.

Donated.

Sorry, but I'm broke. Maybe next year.

Damage, could you extend the State/Province field limit to 3? Some of us aussies live in states with three-letter code designations (VIC, NSW).

These children are the future for Africa. And, while we may not realize it, much of our future may depend on Africa someday. For Africa to survive, education is vital to reduce poverty, and with it, rampant disease, starvation, and corruption. I have known some Ugandan refugees, people who are lucky to be alive today, who knew others not so lucky as themselves.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Uganda

I donated --I challenge everyone to do the same. It'd be nice to win some of the schwag TR is giving out --but the lives of these children are worth more than any high-end PC, and if this improves the quality of life for even a single Ugandan child, then that is what is truly worthwhile to me.

At the risk of much personal derision , may I ask why you intend to buy these particular laptops in your own quest for goodwill rather than help support the already established OLPC initiative?

Sounds like a fantastic cause, and some fantastic prizes! I'm definitely going to donate and enter. Cheers to all of you at Tech Report for making this happen and for finding such a great beneficiary of our holiday cheer!

Can we have a running total of amount donated posted somewhere in the article?

TY. Donated $10.

oops, I filled out the entry form, but forgot the @ sign in my email. I hit the stop button, but Im sure it was entered, so I fixed it and re-entered. But alas, now Im probably DQed

ROFL! Damage should have place a trick question!

I take it all taxes are the responsibility of the winner (I think you HAVE to specify things like that). Will TR be reporting the winnings to the IRS and providing a form 1099-MISC (or whatever is appropriate to the winner's country)? Or is it up to the winner to not cheat on their taxes and report it? :-)

Of course, if you sent $400 to the OLPC project you would get one laptop to send to your cause and they a second one for the OLPC project.

$50 from me as well.

I would have loved to donate more, as I think this is an awesome cause, and I would much rather donate to something you guys will be directly involved in, as opposed to some faceless organization.

Alas, as it is the Christmas season, my poor credit card is already being stretched in multiple directions. =/

I'm in for 10$ now and 40$ more if we're still accepting when my first paycheck comes in.

Hi Inkling, you said:

None of the aforementioned projects would allow us to designate a specific school to receive the laptops, without a minimum commitment in the 10's of thousands of dollars.

Can you give us a better idea of the level required? I am sure there are many wealthier people reading this, and thinking they could afford one or more thousand dollars, along with everyone else's generous donations. A thousand here, a thousand there, and pretty soon you're talking real money (with apologies to Everett Dirksen's supposed quote).

It sounds like something you could set a target for on a (say) quarterly basis away from the Xmas season. From what I'm reading here, a few people would have a few more dollars to spare when it wasn't Xmas time.

Cheers on a great initiative!
Roger