Two years ago, together with our partners, Pearson as part of their Project Literacy campaign and Results for Development, we embarked on this ambitious journey.
An essential one.
November 30, 2017 By David Risher
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 →
May 14, 2018 By Susan Rimerman
The Worldreader Library has reached a new milestone with 35,020 e-books in 43 languages for our readers in the global south. This milestone is rather different, representing a reduction in the size of our library by about 7000 titles. And we’re really excited about what this represents for our readers. We’ve always placed readers at … Continue Reading →
March 5, 2018 By Nancy Brown
From 20 to 27,210 Kindles in Africa When a Worldreader team visited OrphanAid Africa in Ghana with a box of 20 Kindles in 2010, we didn’t expect to spark a reading revolution or to forge a critical partnership with Amazon. We started off with a simple idea to test if e-readers filled with books could be … Continue Reading →
August 8, 2017 By Perisa Raznatovic
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 →
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