Affected by the Covid-19, economically disadvantaged students who do not have a computer at home may also become disadvantaged students in learning because many courses have been changed to distance education. The International Volunteer Group of Tsinghua University decided to transfer some of the second-hand computers originally recruited to be sent overseas to disadvantaged students in the Hsin-chu area. Installed by the government, confirm that there is no problem with the Internet, and help children from disadvantaged families to suspend classes and not to stop school.

Since Tsing-hua University established an international volunteer group in 2007, it has been sent to Africa, Central and South America and Southeast Asian countries to promote information education every year, and it also collects second-hand computers for them. Among them, the Belize group was unable to leave the group due to the epidemic since last year, but it still sent 56 second-hand laptops raised from ASUS Foundation and Education Foundation and CHIPBOND Technology Corperation by sea to the Belize schoolchildren in need. superior.

Fang-yu Liu, the leader of the Tsing-hua Belize Volunteer Group, said that the volunteer group also has 29 second-hand desktop computers raised from the Green Miracle Charity Network, First Bank, Institute for Information Industry（III）and the Information Council, etc., all of which have been reorganized and tested. However, due to the epidemic, it could not be sent overseas for assembly. Therefore, after the donor’s consent, through the extracurricular team of Tsing-hua University and the deputy chief executive of Houde College Chen Xi-wen, the 9 desks were first transferred to the disadvantaged students in the middle of the Hsin-chu City Jian-gong Middle School. , And another 20 will be donated to other disadvantaged students one after another.

Volunteer from Tsing-hua International and the deputy chief executive of The Holders College Xi-wen Chen, also went to the homes of disadvantaged students to help assemble computers. Chen Xi-wen even bought wireless Internet devices at his own expense and gave them to them, and personally tested them until the children finally logged into the online classroom to greet the students.

Dean of Student Affairs Jun-cheng Wang said that the epidemic is coming quickly and urgently, and the distance teaching measures have made the digital gap more obvious. "Tsing-hua students cannot be alone, but they must learn to care for those in need."

The Tsing-hua University International Volunteer Group is the first international volunteer group established by a domestic college and university. So far, more than 600 students have gone to serve overseas, covering three continents and 8 countries, including Belize, Tanzania, Kenya, Malaysia, etc. In the past two years, despite the impact of the epidemic on the mission plan, they have continued to raise equipment and materials, prepare online courses, or donate resources to the disadvantaged groups in the region to serve the society.