This is the project that influenced me to start my NGO (<a href="http://savethem.net" rel="nofollow">http://savethem.net</a>)...we're buying computers and building a library in a village in India, and teaching the children how to use them. Actually, it's been very little teaching...the kids tend to learn how to use the computers themselves.<p>It's actually quite amazing to see first hand how the children learn to open MSPaint and within minutes have taught the other kids how to draw pictures.<p>Now we are building a library for an entire village and letting anyone use computers, whenever they want. Very rewarding!
The official url for the project is <a href="http://hole-in-the-wall.com/" rel="nofollow">http://hole-in-the-wall.com/</a><p>I had the pleasure of meeting and hearing Mitra present his work at the TTI/Vanguard conf in Rome in 2008. He showed a video with kids learning to use the mouse, and then one child showing another what he learned.. and they would be there for hours. Really remarkable stuff.