VM’s 2020 Labour Day project, dubbed ‘Labour for Learning’, saw the organisation donating digital education kits to 21 students across the island.
The kits include a laptop equipped with Microsoft Office Suite, and a smartphone with a three-month data plan, providing a significant boost to students who had been struggling to keep up with their peers who already had the tools to transition seamlessly to online classes.
Among the recipients of VM’s digital education kits was 17-year-old Javanah Brooks, a fifth-form student of St George’s College in Kingston.
When asked by Branch Manager Allison Morgan how he was managing preparations for his impending exams, Brooks bit his bottom lip and explained that he was struggling, as classes have been taking place via Zoom, the online meeting platform.
Brooks was overcome when Morgan revealed that he would be receiving a VM digital education kit, providing him with the access he yearned for and enabling him to stay on top of his lessons as the CSEC exams draw near.
