{"id":2364,"date":"2020-05-13T11:55:16","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T09:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnamed.blog\/en\/?p=2364"},"modified":"2020-05-13T12:02:17","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T10:02:17","slug":"digitalforyouth-already-sent-over-11-000-refurbished-laptops-to-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnamed.blog\/en\/2020\/05\/digitalforyouth-already-sent-over-11-000-refurbished-laptops-to-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"DigitalForYouth already sent over 11.000 refurbished laptops to schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2366\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bnamed.blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DFY_logo-horizontal-300x75.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bnamed.blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DFY_logo-horizontal-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/www.bnamed.blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DFY_logo-horizontal-768x193.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bnamed.blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DFY_logo-horizontal-1024x257.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.bnamed.blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/DFY_logo-horizontal.png 1510w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>DNS Belgium (the registry behind .be, .vlaanderen and .brussels) had been working on their new &#8220;good cause&#8221; for a while: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitalforyouth.be\/\">DigitalForYouth<\/a> would finally launch in 2020. The goal is to give discarded laptops a second live by refurbishing them and giving them to Belgian schools and other institutions, who don&#8217;t have the financials means to purchase new hardware. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The corona-crisis caused this project to take a flying start even before it was meant to take off. Schools switching to home teaching left children who didn&#8217;t have their own computer out in the cold. The end of March, DigitalForYouth launched a call to donate laptops and money. They received a funding of \u20ac 200.000 from the Flemish government. But also other companies are doing their bit. Amongst others Telenet, Proximus and BNP Paribas Fortis are donating laptops and money.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of writing, DigitalForYouth has already distributed 11.000 laptops and at least a couple of thousand will be delivered the coming days and weeks.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bnamed.blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ef5b90aff26fca6aaa178d0bf72864b7-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bnamed.blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ef5b90aff26fca6aaa178d0bf72864b7-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.bnamed.blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ef5b90aff26fca6aaa178d0bf72864b7-270x180.jpeg 270w, https:\/\/www.bnamed.blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/ef5b90aff26fca6aaa178d0bf72864b7.jpeg 619w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>But more is better! If you have old laptops (at least Core i3, i5 or i7, and with the proper charger), dan you can donate this. For details, send an e-mail to <a href=\"mailto:donations@close-the-gap.org\">donations@close-the-gap.org<\/a>. The machines are professionally refurbished: data is wiped and the machines are cleaned, fixed (if needed) and loaded with new software.<\/p>\n<p>Financial support can be giving via bank transfer to <strong>BE10 0000 0000 0404<\/strong> (bank account in name of the van de King Baudouin Foundation) with the message &#8220;<strong>L83229 : Digital4Youth<\/strong>&#8220;. Donations over \u20ac 40 can be tax deductible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DNS Belgium (the registry behind .be, .vlaanderen and .brussels) had been working on their new &#8220;good cause&#8221; for a while: DigitalForYouth would finally launch in 2020. 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