Tablets For Todos

And, it's safe to assume that the city's financial woes are a reflection of its most needy population.

And with economic stressors as bad as they are, necessities - even educational ones - could end up falling by the wayside, but not if Orson Picart has anything to say about it.

He's the journalist turned briefly into a politician - and now a community activist who over the summer donated hundreds of backpacks to children of the southside.

And with his backpack drive a success Orson has now turned his efforts to sourcing electronic tablets for kids who have to do school online. He put out a call for sponsors willing to help him with this very worthy cause and got an immediate answer from the Port of Belize. We met him there yesterday: