SAN FRANCISCO — Two Stanford University students are responding to a need that’s grown during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Isabel Wang and Margot Bellon have founded a program called Bridging Tech, which works to match homeless and low-income students with free refurbished laptops.
“Around 11 million students in the United States do not have a laptop at all, so the digital divide is more acute than ever. Without technology, students are being held back,” said Bellon during an interview featured on “Good Morning America.”
Their charitable fund has already donated more than 400 laptops in the San Francisco Bay Area to kids who need them most, thanks to individual and corporate donations.
Fundraising from over 10 countries, ranging from $5 to $5,000, is also helping fund their project.
“We plan on giving another 400 laptops for student learning within the next two months,” said Wang.
Wang and Bellon have also enlisted the help of more than 30 …