Mayada fled Syria during the conflict in December of 2012. After her husband was severely injured, she travelled to Jordan with her four daughters and her husband. As a refugee, Mayada had to create a new normal for her children. She quickly discovered that reading to her children could help her do that.
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 →
September 6, 2019 By Selena Garrahan
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 →
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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