Sometimes the biggest impact can come in unexpected ways.   In October, I had the chance to travel to India with Kate James, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer for Pearson, to see our Read to Kids program in action. Pearson and Project Literacy are co-supporters of the Read to Kids program and have been our partners … Continue Reading →

“When I read, read, read, something magical will happen. When you read, read, read, there is something mystical!” This is the tune that has been playing on repeat in our heads since we heard it last month at the first-ever National Reading Day in Ghana. The song was produced in collaboration with Ghanaian rap star … Continue Reading →

There’s a new painting on a pale-pink wall of Kiuyu Mbuyuni School library on Pemba, an island just off Tanzania’s eastern coast. It depicts the island – recognisable for its lush greenery – connected to the rest of the world via a bridge. The bridge itself seems to hang in the clouds, leading to a library marked … Continue Reading →

We’ve joined forces with Opera Software to understand how women in Africa use mobile internet. Two studies undertaken by Opera Software and Worldreader have found that women in Africa use mobile internet to empower and entertain themselves. Opera Software ran a survey of 1,500 women and men aged 14 to 44 in Nigeria, Kenya, and … Continue Reading →