03/02/2021 InspirEDU Receives Technology Donation from IHG Hotels & Resorts to Support Education and Digital Career Readiness Efforts
InspirEDU, an Atlanta-based education nonprofit, has received an in-kind technology donation of more than 150 laptops and iPhones from
IHG Hotels & Resorts, which will provide marginalized students with access to home learning opportunities. Through this effort, InspirEDU will refurbish the devices, as well as provide digital training and help desk support to those students and families that receive the distributed devices at Du Bois Integrity Academy in metro Atlanta.
As Covid-19 has upended education, it has highlighted the urgent need for home learning centers for marginalized populations in Greater Atlanta. As schools have shifted to distance learning, more than 20% of students in Greater Atlanta cannot keep up with their education because they have no device and no internet access. IHG’s donated devices, which are refurbish