Sarah Brown’s charity sends laptops to Ukraine to help senior pupils sit exam
It’s not just about providing technology – it’s about equipping Ukraine’s next generation with the skills they need to rebuild their country.
Sarah Brown, Chair of Theirworld
As Ukraine marks three years since the full-scale invasion, millions of children continue to face severe disruptions to their education. Forced to learn in underground shelters, displaced from their schools and with limited access to technology, their futures risk being a forgotten casualty of war.
A key challenge facing the Ukrainian education system has been allowing students to sit the National Multi-Subject Test (NMT) – a mandatory university entrance exam now taken digitally due to the conflict, roughly equivalent to A-levels of the UCAS Tariff system in the UK.
Sarah Brown spoke on Sky News’ Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips show to promote how Theirworld has delivered 500 more new laptops to frontline schools and underground shelters that urgently need updated technology, helping over 21,000 students continue their education and sit their NMT. This builds on our work to date, which has delivered over 70,000 laptops to displaced Ukrainian children and teachers in partnership with Ukraine’s Ministry of Education and Science, Ministry for Digital Transformation and the Olena Zelenska Foundation.
Through strategic media engagement, coverage was secured across top tier major media platforms, reinforcing why this cause needs continued attention. These media platforms included BBC Radio 4, The Independent, The Standard and the Daily Mail.