By Erwin Oliva
INQUIRER.net

“STAND with the Burmese Protesters,” says an online petition inviting people around the world to support the ongoing protests in Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, against the junta.

Hundreds of protesters, mostly monks, have been arrested and one Japanese national has already been reported killed after thousands of protesters took to the streets 10 days ago.

Led by Avaaz.org, the online protest hopes to gather about 150, 000 signatures, which would be submitted to the United Nations Security Council members and the media.

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IT’S a powerful vision that has now become a reality, even though the $100 laptop now costs almost twice that amount.

Still, this is a very significant milestone. The “Give 1 Get 1” campaign of the One Laptop per Child movement is a great idea for helping empower the world’s children — those who don’t have the money to enjoy the technology that a lucky few have been blessed with and sometimes even take for granted.

Here’s a presentation Nicholas Negroponte gave last year in the TED Talks series to share the vision of the non-profit OLPC project.

Let’s hope more of the digital haves will do their best to help the digital have-nots, until one day, we’ll all enjoy the benefits of ICT.