Indonesian students trade trash to study online
Trading trash to study online
Location: Jakarta, Indonesia
These school students had to get creative
to access remote learning
after their schools shut amid lockdown
They collect plastic trash in their neighborhood
in exchange for WiFi access
2.2 lb of waste
buys three hours of online learning
up to three times a week
Location: Bogor, West Java Province
This service gets volunteers to bring a car
equipped with a mobile network transmitter
providing laptops and mobile phones
to students in remote villages
(SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Indonesia) HEAD OF PROGRAM DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS, ABDUL MANAF, SAYING:
"We started this service at first because the government had decided students should do online learning. And we heard complaints from students, especially those who live in remote areas. So we came up with the idea to help the kids in villages and that's why we created Mobile wifi."
