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The Covid-19 pandemic saw schools switch their operations online and this shone a light on the inequalities among the haves and have-nots. The Malta Trust Foundation was flooded with calls from parents and teachers for donations of tablets, laptops and any device that would allow materially and socially deprived children to continue their education in this unprecedented time.
This project aims to distribute tablets to children aged 11-15 years who are currently in years 7 – 11 and who are not included in in the Government''s One Tablet per Child scheme offered to those in years 4-6.
Through this project, TMTF will also be delivering a media literacy programme to the beneficiaries in a manner and tone best suited to their age, using animated videos that will be disseminated to participants on a monthly basis, allowing them to go through them in their own time. The delivery of the videos will be accompanied by Q & A sessions with the Project Coordinator. The project will be rounded off with an online Media Literacy Workshop led by the children themselves and the project coordinator.
It is the intention of this project to go beyond providing digital accessibility to children of low socio-economic status to help them continue with their schooling. It is primarily an initiative to give the children within the targeted age group the skills needed to navigate the 21 Century.