Inspiration+and+Research

=Inspiration =  The concept behind Knowledge Works was inspired by One Laptop Per Child Organization. The primary goal of our organization, Knowledge Works, is to provide education to children who cannot afford it. Education is an important necessity that everyone should be able to have access to. Education enables change. By educating the children in third world countries, our organization is providing them an opportunity to come out of poverty and build themselves a better life.  =**Research **= We often don't realize how fortunate children in North America are, since education is free, or at least affordable for the majority of us. However, children in third world countries suffer from lack of education and resources, the biggest reason for this being a lack of appropriate funding. Without financial aid, these countries cannot afford teachers, books, and internet. There are not enough teachers willing to volunteer their time to teach overseas, nor are there enough textbooks donated to those children. Without access to the Internet, it makes it hard for those children to understand the ongoing events in the rest of the world. But Knowledge Works aims to overcome that barrier by providing the children with a method of learning that requires minimal funding. 

=**Sources: **=  "Biggest Threats to Universal Education in the Third World | Development Goals." //Development Goals - United Nations Millennium Development Goals Information //. Web. .  "One Laptop per Child (OLPC): Vision." //One Laptop per Child (OLPC), a Low-cost, Connected Laptop for the World's Children's Education //. Web. <http://laptop.org/en/vision/index.shtml>. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">