In this conversation between Hannah Chandler and Mary Wangui, Mary shares her insight as a community leader and parent on the unique challenges parents and students face when adopting distance learning strategies in rural areas, including but extending beyond access to technology. She also shares the creative solutions the Juhudi Youth Initiative has developed to support business ideas for youth in the midst of COVID-19.

Hannah Chandler is a research associate for the Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child.

Mary Wangai is the program coordinator for the Juhudi Youth Initiative in Mugunda Kenya

School Closures: Unstable Internet, Limited Learning

Global ChildBy Institute for Educational InitiativesApr 30, 2020