Thursday, 17 June 2021, 12:22 pm
A group of not-for-profit organisations today – ahead
of World Refugee Day on Sunday – announced an initiative
to support to new refugees arriving in
Aotearoa.
‘Awhi Matihiko: Red Cross Digital
Settlement Package’ is a collaboration between the Spark
Foundation, New Zealand Red Cross, Internet NZ and Digital
Inclusion Alliance Aotearoa. The key purpose of the
initiative is to empower newly arrived former refugees with
digital access, supporting them to prosper as they build
their new lives in Aotearoa.
The package, which is
initially being run as a three-month trial, includes
Spark’s not-for-profit broadband product – Skinny Jump
– with data paid for 12 months (or a fixed line connection