“Education doesn’t need to be done in extremely huge facilities. It just has to have that one seed that carries out a spark that can energize children to learn more,” says actor Gary Valenciano, co-founder of Shining Light Foundation.

The foundation is the most recent recipient of ‘School-in-a-Bag,’ a digital learning package designed to help educators and learners in underserved Philippine communities, especially those without access to electricity. It’s one of the projects Smart and the PLDT-Smart Foundation run to reach more Filipino kids.

The package includes educational and connectivity tools — laptops, tablets, a TV, a smartphone, and pocket WiFi — along with learning modules and a solar panel.

“With School-in-a-Bag, children in remote areas now have the opportunity to learn through modern learning tools and access to the internet’s wealth of information and content,” Smart said in a press statement sent to ElysPlanet.com.

Valenciano believes education is something children desperately need but too many go without, “especially when something like a catastrophe hits an area that is unreached, an area that is unpowered, an area that is isolated from the rest of the world.”

“Education is something that any child will always be hungry for,” Valenciano said, urging everyone to support Smart in this campaign.

Individuals, companies, and organizations can sponsor School-in-a-Bag packages for schools in remote communities. Check out the campaign website or email technocart@smart.com.ph for more details.