Alphonso Scholarship Fund, Inc. partners with primary schools in rural areas which trends show are the most susceptible to having students experience a digital divide. In addition to leisure digital activities, this also means children may not have access to enrichment, academic, and socioemotional resources online.
During the Covid-19 pandemic, disparities among children, such as the digital divide, were amplified for students living in rural areas. ASF partnered with Aspirar, a local nonprofit organization, to provide data plans for children from low-income households across two primary schools, Students received months of free access to the internet which bridged interruptions to their education while learning remotely.
Read more about the digital divide in Jamaica here: The digital divide and the poor in Jamaica: Bridging the gap:: Computing Unplugged