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==Mission==
==Mission==
''[Our Mission is the responsibility of the Board; any changes to the Mission must be passed by the Board.]''
''[Our Mission is the responsibility of the Board; any changes to the Mission must be passed by the Board. Here is the Mission from the Board in January 2017:]''
Sugar Labs<sup>®</sup> is a volunteer-driven member project of Software Freedom Conservancy, a nonprofit corporation. Originally part of the One Laptop Per Child project, Sugar Labs coordinates volunteers around the world who are passionate about providing educational opportunities to children through the Sugar Learning Platform. Sugar Labs® is supported by donations and is seeking funding to accelerate development.
Sugar is a learning platform based on the constructionist educational principles of Jean Piaget, Seymour Papert, Cynthia Solomon, and Alan Kay. Sugar Labs is responsible to develop, distribute, and support Sugar with the help of a global volunteer community of contributors. Sugar Labs provides Sugar in two forms: Sugar for personal computers and XOs and Sugarizer (Sugar Mobile) for mobile devices and the Web.
==Proposed Mission==
==Proposed Mission==
''[Board motion proposed 21st April 2017]''
''[Proposed 21st April 2017 by Walter Bender, see [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/sugar-devel/2017-April/054096.html post]]''
Sugar Labs is a volunteer-run project whose mission is to reach global learners and educators with a collection of tools that enable them to explore, discover, create, and reflect in their local language. Sugar Labs distributes these tools freely and encourages its users to appropriate them, taking ownership and responsibility for their learning.
Sugar Labs is a volunteer-run project whose mission is to reach global learners and educators with a collection of tools that enable them to explore, discover, create, and reflect in their local language. Sugar Labs distributes these tools freely and encourages its users to appropriate them, taking ownership and responsibility for their learning.