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‎src/constants/Footer.ts‎

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{ to: '/school-administrators', text: 'For School Administrators' },
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{ to: '/parents', text: 'For Parents' },
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{ to: '/join-development', text: 'For Developers' },
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{ to: '/sugar-stories', text: 'Sugar Stories' },
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{ to: '/news/sugar-stories', text: 'Sugar Stories' },
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{ to: '/music-blocks', text: 'Music Blocks' },
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{ to: '/turtle-blocks', text: 'Turtle Blocks JS' },
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const aboutItems: MenuItem[] = [
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{ label: 'About Us', path: '/about-us' },
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{ label: 'Mission', path: '/mission' },
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{ label: 'Leadership', path: '/leadership' },
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{ label: 'Contact Us', path: '/contact-us' },
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{ label: 'FAQs', path: '/faqs' },
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const newsItems: MenuItem[] = [
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{ label: 'Community News', path: '/community-news' },
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{ label: 'Events', path: '/events' },
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{ label: 'Press Release', path: '/press-release' },
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{ label: 'Sugar Stories', path: '/sugar-stories' },
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export const dropdowns: Record<string, DropdownItem> = {
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about: { label: 'About', items: aboutItems },
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news: { label: 'News', items: newsItems },
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title: "Markdown Test: This page is a test for markdown formats"
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excerpt: "Please Read Through this to get an Understanding of the Markdown converter"
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category: "COMMUNITY NEWS"
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date: "2025-03-1"
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slug: "GitHub-Test-1"
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author: "GitHub Copilot"
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description: "GitHub Copilot is an AI that completes task"
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tags: "markdown,parser,test,education,post,aigenerated"
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image: "https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1506744038136-46273834b3fb?w=600"
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---
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<!-- markdownlint-disable -->
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# The Ultimate Markdown Test Document (NOTE: THIS IS AI GENERATED)
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This document demonstrates all the features of our custom Markdown renderer. The first paragraph has special styling with a drop cap first letter. Let's explore everything this renderer can do!
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## Basic Formatting
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This text is **bold** and this is *italic*. You can also have ~~strikethrough text~~ and ==highlighted text== for emphasis.
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Visit [our website](https://example.com) for more information.
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## Tables
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| Feature | Support | Notes |
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| Headers | ✅ | With anchor links |
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| Bold/Italic | ✅ | Basic formatting |
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| Code blocks | ✅ | With language support |
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| Tables | ✅ | This one! |
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![A beautiful landscape](https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1506744038136-46273834b3fb?w=600 "Beautiful mountain landscape")
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‎src/constants/posts/Community2.md‎

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title: "Deployment Profile: Connecting Rural Schools"
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excerpt: "How a grassroots initiative brought technology to 50+ schools across Rwanda"
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category: "COMMUNITY NEWS"
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date: "2025-03-15"
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slug: "deployment-profile-rwanda"
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author: "GitHub Copilot"
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description: "GitHub Copilot is an AI that completes task"
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tags: "markdown,parser,test,education,post,aigenerated"
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# Deployment Profile: Connecting Rural Schools (NOTE: THIS IS AI GENERATED)
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In the rolling hills of rural Rwanda, a remarkable educational transformation is underway. A volunteer-driven initiative launched in 2021 has successfully deployed technology in more than 50 schools, reaching over 15,000 students. This is the story of how a small team of dedicated educators and technologists is changing the educational landscape in one of Africa's most ambitious countries.
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## Origins and Vision
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The initiative began as a weekend project by a software developer who returned to Rwanda after studying abroad. "I grew up in a village without electricity, let alone computers," the developer explains. "When I saw the potential to work on low-cost hardware with minimal infrastructure, I knew it could work here."
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With support from the global community and a small grant from a local tech company, the developer assembled a team of five volunteers:
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Their vision: to create sustainable, community-supported computer labs in rural Rwandan schools.
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### The Deployment Model
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"Our biggest challenge wasn't technical—it was convincing school leaders that computers could work reliably in their environment," says one of the teacher trainers with the project. "We had to demonstrate that this isn't fragile technology requiring constant maintenance and internet."
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### The School Selection Process
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> "We don't just drop off computers and leave. We build relationships with each school community, understanding their specific needs and circumstances. This takes more time but leads to sustainable deployments."
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"What keeps us motivated is seeing the creativity this unleashes," says one of the trainers. "These children, many who had never seen a computer before, are now creating animations, writing stories, and solving complex problems. They're not just consuming technology—they're creating with it."
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* This profile is part of our series on deployments worldwide. To share your deployment story, please contact [email protected]. *

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title: "Teacher Spotlight: Transforming Classrooms with Sugar"
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excerpt: "How educators in rural areas are revolutionizing learning with Sugar"
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date: "2025-02-15"
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# Teacher Spotlight: Transforming Classrooms with Sugar (NOTE: THIS IS AI GENERATED)
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The teacher noted a particularly significant moment: "When the elders of our community saw their stories being preserved digitally by the children, they understood the value of this technology. It wasn't taking away from our culture—it was helping preserve it."
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"The beauty of Sugar is that it works with what you have," the teacher says. "You don't need the latest technology or constant internet access. You just need curiosity and creativity—which children naturally have in abundance."
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*If you're a teacher using Sugar in your classroom and would like to be featured in our Teacher Spotlight series, please contact [email protected].*

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