\u201cOur volunteers in the Quarantine Courier programme are real everyday heroes,\u201d says Sitkei. \u201cIf it wasn’t for them, this programme that helped hundreds of families couldn’t have been created.\u201d<\/p>\n
ADRA also focused on helping students continue their education despite the disruptions caused by COVID-19. In mid-March, when all schools in Hungary closed and had to transition to digital education, ADRA recognised that low-income students would suffer. \u201cAccess to e-learning was a problem for many families because they had no suitable phone, tablet or computer to use,\u201d says Sitkei. <\/p>\n
ADRA in Hungary immediately began raising funds to purchase laptops that students could use to participate in online education. By the end of the second week of the school shutdown, ADRA had shipped refurbished laptops to schools in three counties. The schools distributed the laptops to disadvantaged students, who used them throughout the school year and then returned them to the school. <\/p>\n
After receiving further donations of funds and equipment, ADRA was able to provide a total of 24 laptops to students in six communities. In many families several children used the machine, multiplying the impact of the programme.<\/p>\n
\u201cBuilding digital connectivity in education has long-term benefits, especially for students with chronic illnesses,\u201d says Sitkei. \u201cADRA\u2019s \u2018Learn at Home\u2019 project will enrich each school\u2019s IT fleet and enable students to learn more effectively in future years, not just during the COVID-19 shutdown.\u201d<\/p>\n ADRA, the global humanitarian arm of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, is assisting approximately 2.7 million families in more than 70 countries during the Coronavirus pandemic. ADRA\u2019s emergency relief activities include distributing food, hygiene products and cash vouchers to people in need as well as training frontline workers and providing medical supplies to hospitals serving vulnerable communities. To help with ADRA\u2019s ongoing COVID-19 response, visit adra.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n ABOUT ADRA The original article was first published on the ADRA website<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n![\"Jasmine](\"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/sitenews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/images_news-2020_Tamas_Nagy_ADRA_volunteer_edited.jpg\" "\\"Jasmine,")
<\/a>One of the students who received a laptop was Jasmine, who has been battling cancer for three years and cannot attend school. Her parents had spent all their financial resources on Jasmine\u2019s medical care and were unable to afford a computer for her education. Now, thanks to ADRA\u2019s \u2018Learn at Home\u2019 programme, she can connect with her teachers and classmates more easily during her lengthy isolation. <\/p>\n
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The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is the international humanitarian arm of the Seventh-day Adventist Church serving in 118 countries. Its work empowers communities and changes lives around the globe by providing sustainable community development and disaster relief. ADRA\u2019s purpose is to serve humanity so all may live as God intended. For more information, visit adra.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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