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The [[One Laptop per Child]] association develops a low-cost laptop&mdash;[[XO|the "XO Laptop"]]&mdash;to revolutionize how we educate the world's children. Our [[Mission|mission]] is "to provide educational opportunities for the world's poorest children by providing each child with a rugged, low-cost, low-power, connected laptop with content and software designed for collaborative, joyful, self-empowered learning."  

Read more recent [[OLPC:News|news]], follow our [[deployments]], or read about [[Sugar|sugar 0.86]] and our upcoming [[XO 1.5|XO 1.5 laptop release]].  If you want to suggest or start a new project, or get hardware to work with, you can submit a [[Contributors|project proposal]] directly. 

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[[Image:olpc battro pope.jpg|thumb|[[w:Pope Benedict XVI|Pope Benedict XVI]] receives an XO from Antonio Battro]]
[[Image:007_Arahuay_2nd_Photo.JPG|thumb|[[Educators|Pilot]] in [[OLPC Peru/Arahuay|Arahuay, Perú]] ]]
[[Image:StartOfMP.jpg|thumb|Start of mass production at [[Quanta]] ]]

== Get Involved ==

This wiki contains project pages describing work and ideas related to OLPC.  '''Be bold''' - create new pages for your own projects, or learn how to [[participate|get involved]] with those already in progress. You can also [[communication channels|ask]] other community members about ways to contribute.

See our latest [http://blog.laptop.org news] including our newly overhauled [[Contributors Program]], offering free XO Laptop loans and [[Support Gang|community mentoring]] to volunteers worldwide who [[Contributors_program/Project_proposal_form|pay it forward]].
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There are overview pages dedicated to [[Hardware specification|hardware]], [[software_components|software]], [[educators|education]] and [[content|content]]. 
The XO's iconic software interface, [[Sugar]], has its own [[OLPC Human Interface Guidelines|human interface guidelines]], here and on [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org the Sugar Labs wiki].  There are also discussion pages on issues of [[Deployments|deployment]] and [[Countries|country-specific]] discussions.

OLPC is designed around five '''[[core principles]]'''&mdash;'''[[core principles#Child Ownership|Child Ownership]]''', '''[[core principles#Low Ages|Low Ages]]''', '''[[core principles#Saturation|Saturation]]''', '''[[core principles#Connection|Connection]]''', and '''[[core principles#Free and Open Source|Free and Open Source tools]]''', and each of these have their own portal sections as well.  

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== News and updates ==
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* A new release of Sugar 0.84, built on F11, is being tested for the XO 1.5.  See '''[[F11 for 1.5]]''' and the [[mailing lists|''devel'' mailing list]] for details on how to help test the base build or activities for it.
* '''[[OLPC Uruguay|Uruguay]]''' became the first country in the world to achieve one laptop per child, when its President Tabaré Vázquez handed out the last of its 400,000 XOs on October 13.
* [[Announcements/8.2.0|XO Software Release '''8.2''']] now offers point release [[Release_notes/8.2.1|8.2.1]].  See [[USB_update|USB instructions]] to upgrade.  Please contact volunteer@laptop.org if you want to help kids worldwide by testing our upcoming [[F11 for 1.5|Fedora 11 Remix for the XO-1.5]].
* For general news, see some of the OLPC news aggregators, including [http://planet.laptop.org planet.laptop.org], [http://blog.laptop.org the OLPC blog], and the independent [http://olpcnews.com OLPCNews] blog.

[[Image:rwanda 0709.jpg|thumb|right| [[OLPC Rwanda]] launches at Kagugu Primary School in Kigali]]
[[Image:P1020317-1.JPG|thumb|right| Laptops are introduced in [[OLPC Mongolia|Mongolia]] ]]
[[Image:Thai-keyboard.jpg|thumb|right|Thai, one of 18 localized OLPC keyboards]]
[[Image:Memory.png|thumb|right|One of many [[activities]] available for Sugar - a [[Memorize]] game for practicing spelling, counting, and memory]]

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