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Kids and Parents

There are plenty of opportunities for kids and parents alike to get involved in the OLPC project. You can:

Join review squad
Get involved in a regional group

Teachers and Educational Organizations

Are you a teacher or high school/college student? You can contribute by doing testing, development, mentoring, and more.

Get involved in a regional group
Start a University Chapter
Help younger students join review squad

Content

You don't have to code to contribute! There are plenty of ways that artists, writers, photographers, etc. can help out.

Join the Art Community
Upload photos to the OLPC Flickr group

Translators

This is an global project; we ♥ people who can help translate wiki content, software, and content bundles.

Help out with Translation
Help out with Localization

Developers and Testers

Getting started is pretty easy for testers and developers. There is a strong developer community, as well as a developer support infrastructure.

Apply for the Developers program
Review Activities (start at Test issues)

Hardware

There are lots of hardware opportunities, from alternative power brainstorming to peripheral development to XO repair.

develop Peripherals for the XO
get involved in repair centers

Local opportunities

Help create changes in the community you live in - as well as ones you'd like to go to.

Start or join a Grassroots group
Run, host, or attend a Jam
Help out at a nearby Pilot or a not-so-near place that needs help.

Virtual opportunities

There are plenty of ways to get involved online.

Help build and transform the information on this Wiki
Join the discussion on our Mailing lists
Chat with us on IRC

For an older overview of getting involved, see the more detailed page Getting involved in OLPC.

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