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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

Donate

Simply give one or more laptops to be sent directly to children in developing countries

You can also donate to the project

Donate your time, apply for the Contributors program.
Redonate your XO see where to send your XO to a kids program Donate_Your_Get_One

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.

Get involved in, or start, a regional group
Help out at a nearby Pilot... or start one!
Create a Community Repair Center
Put yourself on the World Map of XO's

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.

Create electronic textbooks
Help format and edit our wiki
Get involved in artwork projects
Get involved in an OLPC Health project
Create various calculating, data analysis and visualization, and financial tools.
Develop an activity or collection: a class orchestra, math problems, or how-tos.

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.

Join the Testing mailing list
Report bugs and review problems at https://dev.laptop.org
Try one of the Sugar distribution downloads
Help test the weekly Friends in testing Sugar build
Help test by downloading and trying Activities
Help test library content by downloading library bundles from the Collections page

Software Development

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

Read the Developers manual on getting started
Review Activities and develop an activity
Look at the list of Software ideas
Get involved with Sugar Labs
Apply for hardware in the Contributors program

Hardware

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

Apply for hardware in the Contributors program
Get involved in Community Repair Centers
Develop Peripherals for the XO like the PyDuino
Document additional Power generation options

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.

Support others directly — working alongside dedicated volunteers — to help eager participants online, by phone or in person!
Help build and transform information posted on the OLPC Wiki
Join the discussion on our Mailing lists and Forums
Chat with us on IRC

Other ways to get involved

Reach Out

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 such as the Includer)
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)

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-The [[G1G1 2008|Give One, Get One]] program restarted November 17 2008, in partnership with Amazon. See http://laptop.org/xo .
-At [http://www.laptopgiving.org/ laptopgiving.org] you can contribute in two ways:
+<!-- ?!? Is http://www.laptopgiving.org obsolete? At [http://www.laptopgiving.org/ laptopgiving.org] you can contribute -->
-* [http://www.laptopgiving.org/en/give-a-laptop.php Simply give] one or more laptops to be sent directly to children in developing countries]
+* [http://laptop.org/xo Simply give] one or more laptops to be sent directly to children in developing countries
+You can also [http://laptop.org/en/participate/ways-to-give.shtml donate to the project]
-* [http://www.laptopgiving.org/en/group-giving.php Give many] (100 or more laptops), and designate where in the world you would like the laptops sent.
+* '''Donate your time''', apply for the [[Contributors program]].
+* '''Redonate your XO''' see where to send your XO to a kids program [[Donate_Your_Get_One ]]
-You can also [http://laptopfoundation.org/participate/ donate to the project]
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 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.
-* Get involved in a [[Regional groups|regional group]] <small>[[Start a regional group|or start one!]]</small>
+* Get involved in, or start, a [[Regional groups|regional group]]
-* Run, host, or attend a local [[Jam|OLPC Event <small>(called Jams)</small>]]
 * Help out at a nearby [[Pilot]]... or start one!
 * Create a [[Repair center locations|Community Repair Center]]
-* Put yourself on the [http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/588 World Map] of XO's
+* Put yourself on the <!--http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/588-->[http://olpcMAP.net World Map] of XO's
 |}
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 The [[XO]] Laptop is deployed to children in many languages; we ♥ people who can help us translate in many ways. You can:
+* Join the [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/localization Localization mailing list]
 * Help [[Translation|translate this wiki]]
 * Help [[WikiBrowse#translate|translate some of our content]]
-* Help [[Pootle|translate our software]]
+* Help [http://translate.sugarlabs.org/ translate our software]
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 Help us provide free and open content for children along with their XO's.
+* [http://sugarlabs.org/go/Creating_textbooks Create electronic textbooks]
 * Help format and [[Wiki gang|edit our wiki]]
 * Get involved in [[Design gang|artwork projects]]
+* Get involved in an [[Health|OLPC Health]] project
-* Select the best [http://www.wikihow.com/Select-wikiHow-Articles-for-the-One-Laptop-Per-Child-Association WikiHow articles] for the XO
+* Create various [[Software ideas#Mathematics|calculating, data analysis and visualization, and financial tools]].
-* Get involved in the [[Health|OLPC Health]] group
+* Develop an activity or collection: [[Class orchestra activity|a class orchestra]], [http://www.worknets.org/wiki.cgi?ClassicMathProblems math problems], or [http://www.wikihow.com/Select-wikiHow-Articles-for-the-One-Laptop-Per-Child-Association how-tos].
 |}
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 New releases of software builds, [[activities]] and [[collections]] are always in need of testing.  You can help by downloading, installing and giving us feedback.
+* Join the [http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/Testing Testing mailing list]
+* Report bugs and review problems at https://dev.laptop.org
+* Try one of the Sugar [http://sugarlabs.org/go/Downloads distribution downloads]
 * Help test the weekly [[Friends in testing]] Sugar build
 * Help test by downloading and trying [[Activities]]
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 * Read the [[Developers manual]] on getting started
 * Review [[Activities]] and develop an activity
-* Look at the list of [[open projects]]
+* Look at the list of [[Software ideas]]
+* Get involved with [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Getting_Involved Sugar Labs]
-* Apply for the [[Developers program]]
+* Apply for hardware in the [[Contributors program]]
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 There are a few hardware opportunities for EE's and anyone interested in physical bits and bobs:
+* Apply for hardware in the [[Contributors program]]
 * Get involved in [[Repair center|Community Repair Centers]]
 * Develop [[Peripherals]] for the XO <small>like the [[PyDuino]]</small>
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 * 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.
+* The OLPC [[OLPC:Volunteer Infrastructure Group | 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.
-* [[OLPC:Support gang|Support others directly]] &mdash; helping eager participants by email or phone!
+* [[OLPC:Support gang|Support others directly]] &mdash; working alongside dedicated volunteers &mdash; to help eager participants online, by phone or in person!
-* Help build and transform the information on this [[Wiki]]
+* Help [[Wiki|build and transform]] information posted on the [[The OLPC Wiki|OLPC Wiki]]
 * Join the discussion on our [[Mailing lists]] and [[Forums]]
 * Chat with us on [[IRC]]
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+== Other ways to get involved ==
-[[Category:OLPC]]
+:'''Reach Out'''
+Engage and support thinkers around the world such as:
+* Samwel Kongere (Kenya) of [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mendenyo Mendenyo] (social enterprise)
+* Kiyavilo Msekwa (Tanzania) of [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/learnhowtolearn Learn How to Learn] (hardware/software innovation such as the [http://www.includer.org Includer])
+* Janet Feldman (USA/Kenya) of [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/holistichelping  Holistic Helping] (AIDS response)
+* Pamela McLean (UK/Nigeria) of [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/learningfromeachother Learning From Each Other] (linking rich-bandwidth and poor-bandwidth people)
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