New Zealand’s Spark Foundation and Digital Inclusion Alliance Aotearoa have announced that they will expand their Jump programme in the Taranaki region through new community partner New Plymouth District Libraries. Jump is a not-for-profit and community driven programme which enables children to go online outside of classroom hours. Jump provides a plug-in-and-go service for parents with a modem preloaded with 30GB30GB and then all subsequent top ups are subsidized at NZD 10 for 30GB of data.
This prepaid and contract-free service uses the Skinny Broadband platform and provides wireless home broadband via a 4G mobile signal. Digital Inclusion Alliance Aotearoa and Spark Foundation have partnered to rollout Jump across New Zealand through local community organisations. This new relationship with New Plymouth District Libraries will expand the Jump programme in the Taranaki region, including Puke Ariki, Inglewood, Waitara, Bell Block and Oakura libraries and will help to identify and refer more families from Taranaki who are eligible for the programme.
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