More than 1,000 laptops were distributed Tuesday bringing the One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) Secretariat closer to achieving the 6,000 target during this current phase of distribution.Persons waiting to uplift their laptops at Lusignan, East Coast Demerara.According to Government, Tuesday’s distributions included areas of Victoria to Haslington, Enterprise to Paradise, and Lusignan?to?Good Hope,China Jerseys Free Shipping, East Coast Demerara. In Georgetown, Stevedore, South, East?and West Ruimveldt, East, North East and West La Penitence, Roxanne Burnham, Shirley Field Ridley and Rasville; and Houston to Providence, and Timehri and Long Creek,Cheap China Jerseys, East Bank Demerara were targeted.“It is a tremendous gift from the government that will spearhead what I want to do in terms of being educated about the computer,Wholesale Jerseys Online, because today we are moving fantastically in the technological world,” Timothy Smith, a resident of Melanie said. He uplifted his laptop at Enterprise where a total of 287 were distributed.At Lusignan, 400 laptops were placed in the hands of residents,Cheap Jeseys NFL, among them Linda McPherson who said that it is a good initiative,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, and that her children and grandchildren will benefit tremendously. The computer will assist her to keep in contact with her family overseas, she added.Another resident, Mohanroop, expressed gratitude to Government for affording him and his five children the opportunity to receive a laptop. He said that it will also assist them in learning about the computer.Meanwhile, at the Wesleyan Church, in West Ruimveldt, approximately 360 laptops were presented to residents of West Ruimveldt, South Ruimveldt, La Penitence, Roxanne Burnham Gardens and Rasville.OLPF supervisor, Keiron Adams, told the Government Information Agency that the distribution process is being followed by a five-day training, which is scheduled to commence tomorrow at 10:00hrs.Laptops recipients at the Wesleyan Church,Cheap Jerseys From China Outlet, West RuimveldtBeneficiaries at this centre expressed their joy over receiving the laptops and thanked the Government for such a pioneering initiative.West Ruimveldt resident, Rosel Wilson, a retired teacher, said that she was very happy to see that the government is securing the future of, and preparing the younger generation for the technological advancing world, while simultaneously educating and introducing Information Communication Technology (ICT) to the older folks who may not have any or very little knowledge of it.She added this programme will benefit every household in Guyana in some way or the other.The OLPF programme was launched in 2011. The original aim of this programme is to equip 90,000 families with laptops and to expand the use of ICT across the country.A total of 28,000 laptops were already distributed to families in various communities countrywide, prior to this current phase of distribution which commenced on May 21, and covered several areas in the city, and East Coast and East Bank Demerara.