How would you stay up to date about the COVID-19 pandemic if you do not have an internet connection?

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.

In moments of crisis, most of us instinctively seek human connections. However, establishing and maintaining these connections is one of the biggest challenges NGOs and service providers face.

We call on all relevant UN agencies to take concrete steps with the digital industry and governments to accelerate universal access to digital services, including public–private financing to extend connectivity to hard-to-reach populations.

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.

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.

18 million households remain unconnected to the internet in the USA. For the wealthiest nation in the word, this exacerbates inequality and social divide.

Does COVID-19 impact women more than men? Perhaps not medically, but that is not all that we should consider.

Inequality grows globally as students can’t connect during COVID-19.

Hunger, poverty, equality & climate change are not separate issues. They need to be considered systemically as they profoundly impact each other. Connectivity is fundamental to the fight against climate change.

In the developing world micro-businesses make up a large percentage of the economy. Internet connectivity is critical to fuel their growth and impact the economy..

Mobile phones play an important role in keeping African girls in education.

Young women are less likely to have access to a mobile phone in the developing world. This unfortunate truth is a major impediment in driving gender equality.

What are the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals?

The GSMA provides a brief summary video of the role of mobile connectivity in achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.

Mobile connections enable farmers to trade with more efficiency, security and productivity.