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===Describe your organization.===

Sugar Labs is the community organization behind the Sugar Learning Platform.

[http://sugarlabs.org Sugar Labs] is the community organization behind the Sugar Learning Platform, a free and open-source software project. Sugar is the core component of a worldwide effort to provide every child with equal opportunity for a quality education. Originally developed for the One Laptop per Child XO-1 netbook and designed from the ground up especially for children, Sugar offers a hardware and distro independent alternative to traditional “office-desktop” software. Sugar Activities running on the Sugar Learning Platform promote collaborative learning and critical thinking, and are used every school day in 25 languages by almost 1,000,000 children in more than 40 countries.

~~Sugar promotes collaborative learning through Sugar Activities that encourage critical thinking~~, ~~the heart of~~ a ~~quality education. Designed from the ground up especially for children, Sugar offers an alternative to traditional “office~~-~~desktop”~~ software.

Sugar is the core component of a worldwide effort to provide every child with equal opportunity for a quality education. ~~Available in 25 languages, Sugar’s Activities are used every school day by almost one-million children in more than forty countries.~~

Originally developed for the One Laptop per Child XO-1 netbook, Sugar ~~runs~~ on ~~most computers.~~ Sugar ~~is free~~ and ~~open-source software~~.

Sugar Labs, a volunteer, non-profit organization, is a member project of the [http://conservancy.softwarefreedom.org/ Software Freedom Conservancy]. The mission of Sugar Labs is to support the Sugar community of users and developers and establish regional, autonomous “Sugar Labs” around the world to tailor Sugar to local languages and curricula. Sugar Labs volunteers are passionate about providing education to children.

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 ===Describe your organization.===
-Sugar Labs is the community organization behind the Sugar Learning Platform.
+[http://sugarlabs.org Sugar Labs] is the community organization behind the Sugar Learning Platform, a free and open-source software project. Sugar is the core component of a worldwide effort to provide every child with equal opportunity for a quality education. Originally developed for the One Laptop per Child XO-1 netbook and designed from the ground up especially for children, Sugar offers a hardware and distro independent alternative to traditional “office-desktop” software. Sugar Activities running on the Sugar Learning Platform promote collaborative learning and critical thinking, and are used every school day in 25 languages by almost 1,000,000 children in more than 40 countries.
-Sugar promotes collaborative learning through Sugar Activities that encourage critical thinking, the heart of a quality education. Designed from the ground up especially for children, Sugar offers an alternative to traditional “office-desktop” software.
-Sugar is the core component of a worldwide effort to provide every child with equal opportunity for a quality education. Available in 25 languages, Sugar’s Activities are used every school day by almost one-million children in more than forty countries.
-Originally developed for the One Laptop per Child XO-1 netbook, Sugar runs on most computers. Sugar is free and open-source software.
 Sugar Labs, a volunteer, non-profit organization, is a member project of the [http://conservancy.softwarefreedom.org/ Software Freedom Conservancy]. The mission of Sugar Labs is to support the Sugar community of users and developers and establish regional, autonomous “Sugar Labs” around the world to tailor Sugar to local languages and curricula. Sugar Labs volunteers are passionate about providing education to children.