Charity laptop in UK

A low-cost laptop designed for third world children is to go on sale for the first time in Britain today.

The distinctive green and white XO machine will be sold for £275 via Amazon. For every one bought, a second will be donated to a child in a developing country by One Laptop Per Child, the non-profit organisation behind the project.

The scheme has raised $35million in America since it launched last year and has distributed more than 500,000 XO laptops in 31 countries.