The General Director of Vodafone Albania, Mr. Achilleas Kanaris and the Minister of Education Mrs. Besa Shahini, announced today the #RedforKids initiative, undertaken by Vodafone Albania.

In a virtual conference, Minister Shahini and Mr. Kanaris expressed the importance of this initiative, which will help children in need, throughout Albania, to enable online learning.

5000 smart devices, phones and tablets, equipped with a sim card will be donated by the Vodafone Albania Foundation to be distributed to children, in order to be able to attend online lessons, provided by the Ministry of Education, as well as to have the opportunity of free access to online education platforms, offered by Vodafone Albania.

The General Director of Vodafone Albania, Mr. Achilleas Kanaris said that in these difficult days of isolation for the whole globe, we have all felt less distance between each other thanks to technology.

"For several weeks now, students have been attending classes online and this is a way not to miss the school year. The right to education is all-encompassing, as is the network that unites everyone, regardless of physical distance. Vodafone focuses on digital education and youth as the main basis for the development of digital society in the country. Therefore, our contribution could not be lacking in this regard. I am happy that today we are able to help some of the families in need, to have school at home via the Internet. ?

Minister Shahini thanked Vodafone Albania for its contribution and stressed the importance of access to the Internet and technology in such moments, when staying at home is very important for the health of the community.

The 5000 smart devices will be distributed in the coming days by the Ministry of Education for the children of families in need, identified in some areas of Albania, so that no one stays away from school hours, but only away from school bangs.