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* Work on your endeavors and investigations at the Minciu Sodas laboratory.
* Want to get involved in helping run the OLPC servers and help fix infrastructure problems, and design and implement new systems?

* The OLPC [[Volunteer Infrastructure Group]] (VIG) supports the rt and trac ticket systems, the development code repository, git, and assists in planning and server bug tracking and fixing.
* There are opportunities for both experienced and novice sysadmins to help OLPC and have fun in an intellectually challenging way.
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There are many other ways to get involved online.
There are many other ways to get involved online.


Engage and support thinkers around the world such as:
* [[OLPC:Support gang|Support others directly]] &mdash; helping eager participants by email or phone!
* Samwel Kongere (Kenya) of Mendenyo (social enterprise)
* Help build and transform the information on this [[Wiki]]
* Kiyavilo Msekwa (Tanzania) of Learn How to Learn (hardware/software innovation)
* Join the discussion on our [[Mailing lists]] and [[Forums]]
* Janet Feldman (USA/Kenya) of Holistic Helping (AIDS response)
* Chat with us on [[IRC]]
* Pamela McLean (UK/Nigeria) of Learning From Each Other (linking rich-bandwidth and poor-bandwidth people)


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Find out more about OLPC

There are plenty of ways to find out more about the One Laptop per Child project. Here are a few of the communication channels:

  • Read up and discuss OLPC on a mailing list
  • Find out about what's going on in your region
  • Chat about OLPC in IRC Chat
  • Discover more about OLPC here on the wiki
  • Simply give one or more laptops to be sent directly to children in developing countries
  • Give many (100 or more laptops) to change the world, and designate where in the world you would like the laptops sent.

You can also donate to the project

Get involved locally

The first place you should look to get involved with OLPC is in your community. Chances are that there is someone else nearby that is also interested.

Translate

The XO Laptop is deployed to children in many languages; we ♥ people who can help us translate in many ways. You can:

Content

Help us provide free and open content for children along with their XO's.

Testing

New releases of software builds, activities and collections are always in need of testing. You can help by downloading, installing and giving us feedback.

Software Development

There is a strong developer community, strongly based in Free and Open Software. If you would like to participate:

Hardware

There are a few hardware opportunities for EE's and anyone interested in physical bits and bobs:

Volunteer Infrastructure Group

  • Want to get involved in helping run the OLPC servers and help fix infrastructure problems, and design and implement new systems?
  • The OLPC Volunteer Infrastructure Group (VIG) supports the rt and trac ticket systems, the development code repository, git, and assists in planning and server bug tracking and fixing.
  • There are opportunities for both experienced and novice sysadmins to help OLPC and have fun in an intellectually challenging way.

Virtual opportunities

There are many other ways to get involved online.

Dream

  • Work on your endeavors and investigations at the Minciu Sodas laboratory.

Reach Out

There are many other ways to get involved online.

Engage and support thinkers around the world such as:

  • Samwel Kongere (Kenya) of Mendenyo (social enterprise)
  • Kiyavilo Msekwa (Tanzania) of Learn How to Learn (hardware/software innovation)
  • Janet Feldman (USA/Kenya) of Holistic Helping (AIDS response)
  • Pamela McLean (UK/Nigeria) of Learning From Each Other (linking rich-bandwidth and poor-bandwidth people)