Worldreader

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1 Million E-Books to AFrica

MILLION E-BOOKS MOVEMENT

We’ve sent 100,000 e-books to the children of Africa.  Now, let’s change the world together and raise funds to send 1 million e-books, so thousands of kids can improve their lives.  Join Worldreader and FC Barcelona in the Million E-Books Movement.

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Obiri Dreams of Being a Journalist

Worldreader is making sure that she can achieve her dreams.

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It Takes a Child to Raise a Village

It Takes a Child to Raise a Village

Giving children access to books and the choice to read what interests them empowers them for a lifetime. Help bring more books to children in the developing world.

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Book App

Worldreader Book App

Millions of people can now read books on their feature phone! Worldreader has launched a new book reading application for feature phones in partnership with biNu.

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Worldreader In Your School

Worldreader Kindles in Your School

By partnering with others, we are able to provide access to e-books, and therefore education, to many more children, families and communities in the developing world. Find out how you can bring Worldreader to your school.

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Kenya Kilgoris students holding up Kindles in their school

Books for All

Lawrence’s Life-Changing Moment

Now he has an entire library of local and international books in his hand. See the authors and publishers that help us bring content to more children like Lawrence.

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We are All Readers

Industry leaders recognize the work we are doing in bringing digital books to schools in the developing world.

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Worldreader Team

The Team behind “Books for All”

We believe that books mean power and that reading is transformational.  We ensure that children get more books everyday and we do this in a enthusiastic and passionate way.

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  • 103,558e-books sent to Sub-Saharan Africa so far
  • Learning about… while Learning to Read seriesMost downloaded books in April
  • Math BlenderMost downloaded active content in April
  • 2 : 1For every two e-books we send, students download another of their choice
  • $220,000+Value of e-books donated by publishers

Worldreader gives kids in the developing world access to digital books. Using e‑readers loaded with thousands of local and international e-books, we provide children the books they want and need, so they can improve their lives.

Read more about how we’re transforming reading in the developing world.

Worldreader Stories

We launched the first Kindle pilot in the developing world. | Track our success in Ghana.

 Now, 220 students in Kenya have e-books. | Keep up with their progress.

Travel inside our schools and meet the children and teachers. | Watch our videos.

We conduct rigorous research  and publish our findings regularly. | Read our reports.

Look who’s talking about Worldreader. | Read recent headlines.

Thanks!

A huge thank you to the many people who are making “Books for all” a reality: Anonymous, Bill and Melinda Gates, Eileen & Irving Commike in honor of Tanja Commike, Jeff Bezos, Stavros Halvatzis and more… See all recent donors | Here’s how you can donate.

 

Partners

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