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We share with you the words of one of the principals whose school is part of the "Every Student Will Be Excellent" network because it is valid for every teacher at the moment. And the words are infinitely correct and correct:

"I thought for a very, very long time before writing this post. I was wondering how to choose the right words so that I would not hurt anyone but at the same time encourage those who deserve him. I was provoked by the words of a teacher today and those words they keep pounding in my head and not giving me rest! The Bulgarian teacher should not be stressed! He must be calm because it will be necessary even after the state of emergency has passed! We are in the distance training mode for the second week. my team are doing inhuman efforts, why our students are from vulnerable groups and most of them do not have the technique to work online, some of them live without electricity and water, with parents more illiterate than the children themselves, but on the contrary, we work hard not to be no child from our school is deprived of education And it doesn't matter that we don't use platforms ... It's not our fault Our kids can't handle it And it doesn't matter that the feedback we get is full of mistakes! The important thing is that we have a connection with the children - through social networks, through completed and returned worksheets, through hours of telephone conversations to explain the task to them again and again and again ...

The situation is extraordinary and there is no room for right/wrong... right/wrong! There is no one else who can do better than you - right today, right with our children! And no matter how or what platform we learn - the important thing is that we do it! The important thing is that colleagues help other colleagues! What matters is the words of a grandmother with a child from the preparatory group who, when I gave the worksheets, told me: "Thank you, ma'am, for not forgetting our children!" This is important! Everyone knows how difficult it is to work with children like ours ... everyone knows how difficult it is to teach them, even in the presence of a teacher, and what to say in distance learning! Thank you, my dear teachers! You are the best because you manage to inspire hope, even where you do not see it yourself! Keep going! We're on the right track! And remember that school is not the building, the school is you and the students! Be healthy! Only we know how much work is waiting for us after we return to the classrooms!

P.S. And thank you very much  to Rositsa Dimitrova (an educational mediator at the school), who not only gives out the worksheets to the children but explains to parents and students what they should do and how to solve the tasks, were to read carefully ... Rossi, I'm with you every day, together, because we're better together! "

Iva Penkova, Director of Hristo Botev Primary School, Stamboliyski, Plovdiv Region

More than 180 schools across the country have stated that they need 6,500 devices: smartphones, tablets, laptops, computers to deliver quality distance learning for all their students. This happened in the first three days after the launch of the "Old Technique for a New Beginning" campaign to support education. Through it, the Amalipe Center and schools in the Every Student Network will excel at institutions, companies, organizations, and citizens to donate appropriate devices - tablets, smartphones, laptops, computers to schools, which will, in turn, provide them to students for commitment to participate actively in online distance learning.

The Amalipe Center has initiated the campaign after a study of how 200 schools provide distance learning showed that the efforts of teachers and educational mediators are promising. However, in many rural schools and schools with a concentration of vulnerable groups, the lack of appropriate devices among part of the students is a serious problem. In most schools, distance learning is required at two speeds: some students participate in online lessons and other forms of internet-based learning, while others remain passive or reach only by educational mediators who give out printed lessons and assignments. In some schools, the percentage of students with no devices available exceeds three-quarters of the students.

HOW YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE CAMPAIGN:

You can get involved in the Campaign in four ways:

1. By donating a technique (computer, laptop, phone, tablet) that you have changed shortly and do not need. It must be a working technique that does not need any additional repair to be used. The technique needs to meet the minimum technical characteristics to help those it is intended for, namely: dual-core processor, 4 GB RAM, possibly a current operating system (Windows 7+) if it is a desktop computer - wi-fi stick or built-in wifi card with monitor; if tablet/phone - 3G, with charger

2. You can buy and donate new devices - tablets, laptops, smartphones, computers. The schools will take them and provide them to children who are without devices. They will be committed to enrolling these children in distance learning online. At the end of the school year, the devices will be returned to school for use by the most needy again next year. Each parent whose child receives a temporary use device will sign an agreement that he or she will responsibly store and return the device. In the absence of the child (not using the device on the relevant day) without good reason, it will be taken away and given to another needy child.

3. By disseminating campaign information to your contacts or partners.

4. By engaging as a volunteer in the processing of the donation in Veliko Tarnovo (description, checking of working equipment, disinfection, distribution, sending to schools).

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO GIVE THE TECHNIQUE:

Step 1. Look at the list of schools that have requested a device and select the school you want to donate to

Step 2. Enter what you can donate to the table in the second worksheet.

Step 3/1. Select the school you would like to adopt and donate to the technique. You can contact him directly and arrange for them to obtain the technique you have prepared.

Step 3/2. If you decide to send the equipment to Amalipe Center and we distribute it - please contact colleagues Nelly Nikolova on 0888-67-16-61, nikolova_neli1@abv.bg and Galina Decheva on 0884912-507, amalipe.vt@gmail.com. The Amalipe Center can also assist in getting the devices provided to specific schools by committing the devices provided to be disinfected.

If you would like to donate a device, you can register here

Thank you for being together!

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