Media Kit

Thank you for your interest in Worldreader. We’ve assembled resources for journalists below. If you would like further information or an interview with a member of our team, please contact Wendi Yen Huestis, Chief Advancement Officer at comms@worldreader.org.

Press releases

Safaricom and Worldreader Partner to Bring Digital Books to Kenyan Families

Partnership to see over 2,000 Kenyans access BookSmart app at no data cost for the next three months. March 20,…

Worldreader and Lightbox Learning Join Forces to Get Children Reading

March 2023 – New York, NY, and Seattle, WA Worldreader, a global non-profit organization dedicated to getting children reading worldwide,…

KaiOS Technologies and Worldreader Celebrate Milestone of Empowering 1 Million Readers

November 2023 – San Francisco / Hong Kong In a strategic joint effort to fight the global learning crisis and…

The Catherine Mayer Foundation and Worldreader Combine Arts and Reading for Youth in India and the United States

Worldreader and The Catherine Mayer Foundation join forces to harness the power of creativity and the visual arts to get…

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2023 Annual Report

Good Housekeeping – How Laundromat Libraries Are Leveraging Technology for Family Reading

LaundryCares helped this mother of 13 connect with reading at a laundromat in Minneapolis. For some people, reading might feel…

Safaricom and Worldreader Partner to Bring Digital Books to Kenyan Families

Partnership to see over 2,000 Kenyans access BookSmart app at no data cost for the next three months. March 20,…

How technology can facilitate parent and caregiver engagement in children’s learning

This paper explores the opportunities and challenges in enhancing parent and caregiver engagement through the use of EdTech, and presents…

About Worldreader

Worldreader gets children reading so they can reach their potential. We are an international nonprofit organization working with partners to get children reading at least 25 books a year with understanding, because regular reading improves reading comprehension, social-emotional learning, and digital literacy. Since 2010, Worldreader has supported more than 22 million readers in over 100 countries. Worldreader is headquartered in the US with representation in Kenya, Spain, and the UK.

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Readers build a better world.

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Worldreader gets children reading so they can reach their potential.

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Learn about our COVID-19 response: Keep Children Reading

The COVID-19 pandemic has created a learning crisis. Learn about Worldreader’s free resources for families.

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Worldreader’s leadership

If you would like to interview someone from Worldreader’s leadership team, please contact us at comms@worldreader.org

Rebecca Chandler Leege
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Chief Advancement Officer

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