Only 29 years ago, December 1992, when a 22-year-old software developer Neil Papworth sent a text message saying “Merry Christmas” to a colleague, you could say it had a similar impact on communication.

UNICEF director states that the “Digital Gap is more like a Digital Canyon” as two thirds of the worlds school children do not have internet connectivity at home.

With the coronavirus pandemic in full swing across Colombia, armed groups are exploiting Covid-19 measures intended to protect the public to escalate conflicts over territorial control and drug-trafficking routes. Children normally protected in school are being recruited.

COVID 19 has had a major impact on many and has resulted in millions of students are unconnected.

This issue needs to be addressed and a failure to do so means those students will only further trail their better-connected classmates.

The problem of half the world not having access to the internet is a real one and is growing the chasm between the haves and have nots so the more people addressing this issue the better.

A call to help the youth in Medellín stay away from crime, and to help the Polytechnic Jaime Isaza Cadavid in providing that youth a way to be part of the society and and contribute to their development and the development of others.