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Sugar Labs can greatly improve its effectiveness with only modest levels of funding for key developers, infrastructure, travel to meetings, and other such functions. A variety of funding opportunities exists. Here are some projects that have been funded elsewhere, where we would be natural grant recipients or partners.
* [http://www.unrwa.org/etemplate.php?id=662 UNRWA and OLPC] in Palestinian refugee camp schools
* UNDP funding of [http://www.priyo.com/tech/2011/04/24/pm-opens-online-version-textbo-24355.html digitizing textbooks in Bangladesh]
* [http://www.shuttleworthfoundation.org/funding/fellowship-programme/ Shuttleworth Foundation Fellowship] for creating [http://www.shuttleworthfoundation.org/projects/free-high-school-science-texts/ e-learning materials for South Africa]
* [http://www.wkkf.org/grants/grants-database.aspx WK Kellogg Foundation] [http://www.wkkf.org/what-we-support/educated-kids.aspx Educated Kids program]
* Global [http://www.microfinancegateway.org/p/site/m/ microfinance movement], started by Prof. Muhammad Yunus
* [[Replacing Textbooks#Plan_Ceibal_project|Uruguay RFP]] for up to 1,000 e-learning resources
* Externally funded projects at [http://booki.flossmanuals.net/ FLOSS Manuals], particularly [http://booki.flossmanuals.net/bypassing-censorship/_edit/ How to Bypass Internet Censorship] (sesawe.net) and [http://booki.flossmanuals.net/command-line/_edit/ Introduction to the Command Line] (FSF)
Sugar Labs can greatly improve its effectiveness with only modest levels of funding for key developers, infrastructure, travel to meetings, and other such functions. A variety of funding opportunities exists. Here are some projects that have been funded elsewhere, where we would be natural grant recipients or partners.
* [http://www.unrwa.org/etemplate.php?id=662 UNRWA and OLPC] in Palestinian refugee camp schools
* UNDP funding of [http://www.priyo.com/tech/2011/04/24/pm-opens-online-version-textbo-24355.html digitizing textbooks in Bangladesh]
* [http://www.shuttleworthfoundation.org/funding/fellowship-programme/ Shuttleworth Foundation Fellowship] for creating [http://www.shuttleworthfoundation.org/projects/free-high-school-science-texts/ e-learning materials for South Africa]
* [http://www.wkkf.org/grants/grants-database.aspx WK Kellogg Foundation] [http://www.wkkf.org/what-we-support/educated-kids.aspx Educated Kids program]
* Global [http://www.microfinancegateway.org/p/site/m/ microfinance movement], started by Prof. Muhammad Yunus
* [[Replacing Textbooks#Plan_Ceibal_project|Uruguay RFP]] for up to 1,000 e-learning resources
* Externally funded projects at [http://booki.flossmanuals.net/ FLOSS Manuals], particularly [http://booki.flossmanuals.net/bypassing-censorship/_edit/ How to Bypass Internet Censorship] (sesawe.net) and [http://booki.flossmanuals.net/command-line/_edit/ Introduction to the Command Line] (FSF)