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port his family. ish their online-learning. “I have to take
turns with my children,” he explained.
But the misfortune didn’t stop there. Be-
cause of the pandemic, both of his children, Smartphones and Food Staples
Rani and Adit, had to do distance learning Assistances
(learn from home). They both need gad-
gets to be able to follow the lessons. Un- Rahmadi was thankful as his youngest son
fortunately, he only had one phone—not so Adit received smartphone from the KSBB
smart-phone, but enough for his children (Large Scale Social Collaboration) pro-
to attend zoom meetings, with a low-qual- gram initiated by the government of Jakar-
ity camera phone. ta along with several collaborators. Appar-
ently, Adit’s school at SDN Lubang Buaya 08
Therefore, he had to share his gadgets with became one of the schools that receives
them so they can fully attend online school. gadget assistances from the program. “I
He would go ngojek (driving for online ojek, no longer have to wait until my children
red) in the afternoon, after the children fin- finished their school. I can go driving from
