Giving Compass' Take:

• HP is partnering with other education organizations to provide education technology and digital learning to refugees that do not have access to education in Uganda.

• How can donors help expand digital learning solutions to other countries housing refugees?

• Read about other innovations in education for refugee populations.

Uganda hosts the most refugees — 1.2 million — of any country in Africa, according to the United Nations. And approximately 62% are school-aged children under the age of 18.

Uganda has an “open border” policy for refugees that is commended by NGOs and rights organizations. And many people fleeing civil war in neighboring South Sudan and violent conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, have sought safety in Uganda.

But despite its generous policies — including providing refugees access to public health care and education — Uganda’s resources are constrained by its low-income.

In practice, only 60% of refugee children have access to primary school education in Uganda, Joel Boutroue, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) representative said at a press conference in February. And, due to a lack of resources, classrooms are often packed full, with a ratio of one teacher to 100 students.

The large number of school-aged children in need and infrastructural challenges in Uganda, mean many children do not have access to tech-enabled learning resources that can open new opportunities to build skills that will allow them to find gainful employment in the future.

That’s why HP is partnering with Education Cannot Wait, UNHCR and Learning Equality to pilot HP School Cloud — a new education technology solution — in Uganda.

After gathering feedback from this pilot program, HP and its partners will use the insight to inform broader implementation of HP School Cloud so it best addresses the needs of children in schools. The company then plans to expand the project to several schools across the country throughout the year.

Read the full article about bringing education technology to refugees in Uganda at Global Citizen.