Hello everyone,
My name is Aravind, a final-year Computer Science student from India. I recently joined the Community Health Toolkit community. I am excited to learn more about the project and start contributing. I also watched a few YouTube videos of how this helps people, Community health workers.
I am currently exploring the CHT codebase while preparing for C4GT 2026. I noticed the recent DMP issues around Bikram Sambat support and advanced contact management APIs and they look very interesting.
I just started reading the documentation and exploring the repository to understand the architecture. If anyone has suggestions on good starting points in the codebase, I would really appreciate it.
Looking forward to learning from the community and contributing.
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Hello @Gm_Aravind and welcome! The best place to start is our first time contributors guide. If you want to jump in and make a contribution, have a look at some of our Good First Issues! If one of those sounds interesting to you, just drop a comment on it and we will assign it to you. 
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Welcome to the community @Gm_Aravind! You might also find it helpful to explore this course for a solid overview of configuring CHT applications. You can also subscribe to the CHT Event Calendar, it’s a great way to stay informed, learn, and connect with others.
In particular, the CHT Dev Hour is worth joining. It’s an open session where you can ask just about any CHT-related question and get real-time support from core maintainers and experienced contributors.
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Thanks a lot for the guidance, @jkuester. I will go through the first time contributors guide and start exploring the good first issues**.**
Looking forward to getting started and contributing.
Thanks a lot for the guidance, @sookwalinga! I will go through the course and quickly check out the Calendar as well.
The Dev Hour also sounds really helpful as a new contributor. I will try to join one of the sessions soon.
Looking forward to learning and contributing.