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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

The Give One, Get One program will soon restart in partnership with Amazon. See http://Amazon.com/XO

At laptopgiving.org you can contribute in two ways:

Simply give one or more laptops to be sent directly to children in developing countries]
Give many (100 or more laptops), 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.

Get involved in a regional group or start one!
Run, host, or attend a local OLPC Event (called Jams)
Help out at a nearby Pilot... or start one!
Create a Community Repair Center

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.

Help format and edit our wiki
Get involved in artwork projects
Select the best WikiHow articles for the XO
Get involved in the OLPC Health group

Testing

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

Help test the weekly Friends in testing Sugar build
Help test by downloading and trying Activities
Help test library content by downloading 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 open projects
Apply for the Developers program

Hardware

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

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

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
Create a Community Repair Center
Run, host, or attend a Jam
Help out at a nearby Pilot... or start one!

Virtual opportunities

There are plenty of ways to get involved online.

Support others directly -- helping eager participants by email or phone!
Help build and transform the information on this Wiki
Join the discussion on our Mailing lists and Forums
Chat with us on IRC

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+The [[G1G1 2008|Give One, Get One]] program will soon restart in partnership with Amazon. See http://Amazon.com/XO
+At [http://www.laptopgiving.org/ laptopgiving.org] you can contribute in two ways:
+* [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://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.
+You can also [http://laptopfoundation.org/en/participate/ donate to the project]
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