The pandemic made more apparent that there is a wide digital divide between the underprivileged community and the more privileged communities when education shifted online.  Even with our return to the  “new normal”, everything stayed digitalized, and evidently, the youth of the communities can’t keep up. To help the youth in the poor communities keep up with the fast pace of the digital world, GEKKO raised funds (led by Anna Sennelius) for 16 computers (one for each learning center). This effort still continues with the hope to provide more computers for each learning center.

 

Gekko (through Anna) is also currently working on possible partnerships for programs to help the children learn how to navigate the internet.