Computer Donation Project

**UPDATE**
Since I am not in Honduras anymore and cannot work directly with this project or the schools (it has to be person-to-person contact), it has been canceled.
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Hello blog readers! 

I am working with 7 other Peace Corps Volunteers in Honduras to get computers for 12 schools and libraries from the nonprofit World Computer Exchange to connect 4,700 youth per year to the skills, opportunities and understanding of the internet. They have shipped to PCVs in Honduras before.

Each school community is also raising matching funds to show the priority they place on these computers for their children and to give them a real sense of ownership after we have come home.

The container of 200 computers will be shipped in late March or early April from Chicago.

I am raising $80 per delivered computer loaded with software in Spanish.

You can read more about our project at this url:

http://www.worldcomputerexchange.org/greatest-need-honduras

and at our Facebook Cause page:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Computers-for-Honduras/101288383323883?sk=info

Please "Like" and "Share" the page with your friends even if you are unable to contribute.

If you are interested, please click the "Donate" button and under "Program Designation", choose "Peace Corps Honduras Project".

This is not limited to only the people invited. If you would like to invite others to contribute, please feel free - every dollar counts.

Those of you who work at schools or other organizations that may be able to start up a collection or fund raise for this, please ask for the support of your coworkers.

This money will not go to waste and will help advance the education of bright, dedicated students who are not fortunate enough to have the resources that students have in the states. Allowing them to expand their education and connect to the world through internet is something so simple that we think about in the states, yet such a foreign idea here. Your donation will make a substantial difference, and help open the eyes and raise awareness for these people. I will be sure to include your name in the list of donors that will go to the recipient school.

Thank you to all who choose to play an important role in these children's lives!