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Computer for Kids bridges digital divide
"My name is Amanda. I go to the Idaho School for the Deaf and the Blind. I have been going there for 2 years. I’m a freshman and also the youngest in our whole high school class. I live at the state school during the week and I am able to communicate with my friends with sign language and relay services. When I arrive home for the weekend, I’m not able to communicate with them because most of then cannot hear well enough for phones and also I don’t have a TTY, so that makes it more difficult as well."
Amanda had to write a letter as part of her application to get a computer. She had to explain why she needed it, why it would help her in school. Each of the kids who’s gotten a refurbished machine from the non-profit Computers for Kids had to write one.
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Computers for Kids
Molli Wingert President
208-345-0346
208-707-1271
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Jim Peck
The Idaho Statesman
Full Story: http://www.idahostatesman.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050123/NEWS02/501230304/1029
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