{"id":25068,"date":"2019-11-12T13:41:25","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T18:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/?p=25068"},"modified":"2019-11-09T18:49:30","modified_gmt":"2019-11-09T23:49:30","slug":"charity-idea-raspberry-pi-to-oaxaca-for-kids-on-computers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/12\/charity-idea-raspberry-pi-to-oaxaca-for-kids-on-computers\/","title":{"rendered":"Charity idea: Raspberry Pi to Oaxaca for Kids on Computers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My personal favorite charity (after the <a href=\"https:\/\/philanthropynewsdigest.org\/news\/donations-to-clinton-foundation-fell-57.8-percent-in-2017\">Clinton Foundation<\/a>, of course), is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kidsoncomputers.org\/\">Kids on Computers<\/a>, which sets up labs in public schools.  They are headed to Oaxaca, Mexico in December and if you want an end-of-year tax deduction as well as the satisfaction of helping out, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kidsoncomputers.org\/preparing-for-mexico-december-2019\">send a Raspberry Pi straight from Amazon to Oaxaca<\/a> (Amazon added shipping and an import duty reserve so my bill for one worked out to $114.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you want to do some networking and setup while in one of the world&#8217;s most beautiful and historic places, try to jump on as a volunteer!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Related:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/29\/kids-on-computers-update\/\">https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/29\/kids-on-computers-update\/<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/17\/end-of-year-charity-idea-kids-on-computers\/\">https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/17\/end-of-year-charity-idea-kids-on-computers\/<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My personal favorite charity (after the Clinton Foundation, of course), is Kids on Computers, which sets up labs in public schools. 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