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 [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/zulip/zulip-mobile.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/zulip/zulip-mobile)
 [![Zulip chat](https://img.shields.io/badge/zulip-join_chat-brightgreen.svg)](https://chat.zulip.org/#narrow/stream/mobile)
+[![PRs Welcome](https://img.shields.io/badge/PRs-welcome-brightgreen.svg)](https://github.com/zulip/zulip-mobile/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)
 
 Zulip Mobile is the official mobile Zulip client, supporting both iOS
 and Android.
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 ## Contributing
 
+Everyone is welcome to contribute. We gladly accept patches, pull requests,
+bug reports, or any other improvements. Read below to see how you can get
+started.
+
 ### Discussion
 
 To get involved in Zulip Mobile development, please join us on