Worldreader partnered with World Vision to provide students at under-resourced schools and community centers in America access to a digital library and a tracking strategy for children to set individual reading goals.

Learners at Kibra Laini Saba Primary School are beneficiaries of a digital library that has made it possible for them to access reading materials that are not available in their libraries.

Kenyans have been challenged to embrace e-learning as the government intensifies efforts to bridge the digital divide in the country. An international not-for-profit organization says education stakeholders can particularly use the platform as a tool to give an edge to young learners locally in the present competitive world. Our reporter Fiona Churu was in Kibera for a roll out of digital literacy programme targeting under-privileged school going children.

Chang’ombe Primary School, the public primary school in a remote village of Rabai in the sub-county of Kilifi County, was the unlikely recipient of eReaders with a total of five thousand books thanks to Worldreader.

iREAD is Worldreader’s pilot e-reading study in Ghana, which aims to give Ghana public school students access to free digital books using e-reader technology.

Worldreader is improving reading in Africa, as early primary students read more and better after 18 months in an e-reader program, improving their literacy rates.

Worldreader’s e-readers in schools loaded with free digital books are now more durable than ever, changing the way people read in Africa.