Over the last few years, Worldreader has been looking into expanding our work to South America. The opportunity to help people read in this part of the world is great. We’re thrilled to announce that this month we’ll be launching a project in Peru to bring digital reading to an estimated 4,500 children via tablets and mobile phones.
September 3, 2019 By Selena Garrahan
#KiliChallenge19 Last month, a team of 9 climbers set out to take on Africa’s biggest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro, to bring digital reading to thousands of people in Kenya. This is their incredible #KiliChallenge19 journey. There is still time to donate and help reach more readers. It all started with one library They say that libraries … Continue Reading →
November 28, 2019 By Samuel Alomenu
Ending Learning Poverty: What will it take? The World Bank estimates that 53 percent of children in low- and middle-income countries cannot read by the end of primary school. This learning crisis, also referred to as learning poverty, seriously undermines sustainable growth and poverty reduction. In order to explore sustainable solutions that tackle this problem, … Continue Reading →
September 6, 2019 By Selena Garrahan
We are thrilled to celebrate International Literacy Day 2019 by announcing that, so far in 2019, more than 1.6 million people have been reading online books in more than 52 languages with Opera Mini and Worldreader. This marks a major success in our joint effort to bring free e-books to people around the world. In … Continue Reading →
October 7, 2019 By Rachel Heavner
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