Just hours after President Donald Trump addressed the United Nations General Assembly, on Tuesday, Sept. 22, first lady Melania Trump announced a partnership with seven technology companies to benefit children around the world through her Fostering the Future Together initiative.
The partnership, which was first reported by USA TODAY, will feature seven companies which will work with more than 15 nations to invest in educational and technological access for children.
Participating companies are: Adobe, Amazon, Google, Intel, N50, Starlink and Zoom.
The first lady has rallied 57 countries to drive the initiative, including the first spouses of France, Poland, UAE, Panama, Philippines, St. Kitts and Nevis, Israel, Morocco, Kenya, Turkey and the Republic
of Korea.
The initiative, which was launched last September, focuses on four key pillars: AI in Education; EdTech Tools; Online Protection; and Digital Skills, according to the office of the first lady.
For instance, Amazon will expand free student access to Kiro, an AI agent for software engineering, reaching millions of students through 132 universities – including in Romania, Japan, Malaysia, South Korea and France.
It will also partner with Khalifa University, where the AWS Data Center Infrastructure Training Program will provide students with hands-on job experience and priority access to career positions and will launch more than 450 school coding clubs.
Starlink will work with the government of Papua New Guinea and the National Information and Communications Technology Authority (NICTA) to expand fast, reliable internet access across the country.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Melania Trump initiative seeks to give youths access to technology
