CNCF supports participating in the Outreachy program for the hosted projects. For example, Kubernetes has been participating in the Outreachy program for a few years in a row - https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/mentoring/programs/outreachy.md.
| Year | Mentee | Project |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Ellen Korbes | Kubernetes |
| 2017 | Yolande Amante | Kubernetes |
| Dec'17 - Mar'18 | Kara de la Marck | Jaeger |
| 2018 | Eduar Tua | Kubernetes |
| May'18 - Aug'18 | Prakriti Bansal | Jaeger |
| Dec'18 - Mar'19 | Gaby Soria | Jaeger |
| 2019 | Vishakha Nihore | Kubernetes |
| Dec'20 - Mar'21 | Ashmita Bohara | Jaeger |
| 2021 | Harshita Srinivas | OpenTelemetry |