Help Sugar Labs continue to build a solid foundation
Built collectively by teachers and students, Sugar Labs's software is used globally for education.
What you’re funding
Built collectively by teachers and students, Sugar Labs's software is used globally for education. With roots in One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), our learning software has been used by millions of children over the world. Now, with over 350 software repositories, we continue to grow and innovate new tools for project-based learning. Providing mentorship at multiple levels, we have provided mentorship to hundreds of high school and college-age youth interested in pursuing future careers in technology.
Sugar Labs now needs your help!
We must now grow our capacity as an organization to do more good in education. And in order to do more we must hire educators, technologists, program managers, as well as cover the basic cost of running a reliable nonprofit organization.
Please consider making a donation to help us build a solid foundation. The more we raise at this crucial time, the more we can accomplish in the future. Thank you for your continued support!
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About Sugar Labs Inc
Sugar Labs makes free, open-source learning software and curricula for children who learn best by doing. With tools for programming, computational thinking, music, math, and problem-solving, it gives learners a place to make, test, and share ideas, often with help from volunteers, teachers, and other learners. If you care about education that leaves room for curiosity and student voice, this is the kind of work that holds up in the real world.
What sets Sugar Labs apart is the way its tools are built for collaboration, journaling, and what it calls hard fun. The software is made for children to create with, and it can run in a browser, from a USB, on desktop machines, and on Raspberry Pi. That flexibility makes the learning environment feel practical, not precious.
About this work
In their own words — what they do, who it reaches, and what your dollars actually fund.
Mission
Sugar Labs is dedicated to creating learning tools that transform how children learn and explore technology, and it creates quality software and curricula under a free/libre/open-source license that encourages collaborative learning and creativity.
Who they serve
Children, youth, teachers, and budding developers around the world.
Their impact
- 3,000,000+ kids whose lives have been enriched by using the Sugar Learning Platform
- 344+ projects for teaching and learning created by Sugar Labs students and teachers
- 1,450+ problem-solving tasks completed by students ages 13-17
- 11,531,321+ activities downloaded
- 170 languages the educational software has been translated into
- 50% of updates to the latest release came directly from users
- Created over 300 tools for learning
- Mentored students for thousands of hours
How your donation helps
- Create and maintain innovative tools for teaching and learning
- Mentor budding developers from around the world
- Support the development and distribution of activity-focused software for children
Programs
Sugar Learning Platform
The core learning environment, with tools and curricula designed for collaborative, project-based learning.
Sugar on a Stick (SoaS)
A USB version of the Sugar platform that can boot temporarily or be installed on a computer.
Music Blocks
A browser-based visual programming environment for exploring music, math, and programming together.
Turtle Blocks
Snap-together coding blocks for creating colorful art, geometry, graphics, and math explorations.
Google Summer of Code (GSoC)
A community development program that brings student developers into free/libre/open source software work.
Ways to help
Current needs
- Sustained volunteer help in education, communication, advocacy, research, and technical roles
Volunteer opportunities
- Use Sugar software and lesson plans in a classroom and try the Constructionism learning tools
- Test software and give educator feedback
- Create lesson plans for other teachers to use in the classroom
- Share student or former student stories in blog posts or videos
- Create and test translations
- Help spread awareness by following and sharing the organization's social media messages