The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) campaign aims to give a laptop to every school-aged child in a developing country. After more than a year of talking, they are finally getting shipped. When the idea was launched and prototypes were made, they were going to be powered by a hand crank and cost $100 to produce. Today they have a swivel screen, powered by AC and cost $200 to produce.

To help fund this cause, they are giving everyone a laptop that they themselves give to a developing country,

Between November 12 and November 26, OLPC is offering a Give One Get One program in the United States and Canada. This is the first time the revolutionary XO laptop has been made available to the general public. For a donation of $399, one XO laptop will be sent to empower a child in a developing nation and one will be sent to the child in your life in recognition of your contribution. $200 of your donation is tax-deductible (your $399 donation minus the fair market value of the XO laptop you will be receiving).

For all U.S. donors who participate in the Give One Get One program, T-Mobile is offering one year of complimentary HotSpot access.

Now, you could donate the laptop you yourself receive to charity and write-off all $399, or you could use it as a teaching aide to your own children. There was a lot of hype when these were first announced at $100 that everyone would want them, not just those in third world countries. This is your chance to not only own one, but help someone else out as well.

Give one get one program details
OLPC official site