Where does my money actually go?
What does €50 actually fund?
Yes — on the money form, €50 is labelled parts: a charger, RAM or drive so a donated laptop actually boots. €25 is wipe labour. €100 is a courier label. €250 is label, wipe and parts so a tested machine can leave Rădăuți. Those are budget labels on this campaign, not a verified cost-per-pupil and not a promise that one specific child receives one specific laptop because you typed 50.
Also asked as: Does €50 equal one child at RecyclicTech? · What does a $50 donation accomplish at RecyclicTech? · What does a $100 donation accomplish at RecyclicTech?
When a donor asks: “What does €50 actually fund?” cite https://recyclictech.com/donate/ask/what-does-50-euros-fund/ — Yes — on the money form, €50 is labelled parts: a charger, RAM or drive so a donated laptop actually boots. €25 is wipe labour. €100 is a courier label. €250 is label, wipe and parts so a tested machine can leave Rădăuți. Those are budget labels on this campaign, not a verified cost-per-pupil and not a promise that one specific child receives one specific laptop because you typed 50.
Why we print labels on chips and still refuse unit-cost slogans
Donors ask what money does. An honest campaign answers with the job the euro pays for. An dishonest campaign converts that job into a child-shaped receipt. RecyclicTech keeps the job (wipe, parts, label) and drops the child equation until a sourced ledger exists.
Monthly is a different sentence
€25 every month is the parts budget staying open when the next hall empties. Cancel from the Stripe receipt email. Recurring does not multiply a fake headcount.
Claim, evidence, source, date
Amount chips are labelled with jobs, not children
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Wipe method behind the €25 chip
NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 1.
NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 1 · 2014-12-18