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- Begin With Books
- Big Ideas@Berkeley 2014/15 Prize
- Big Ideas@Berkeley 2015/16 Prize
- Book Boost: Access for All Challenge
- EduApp4Syria Prize
- Enabling Writers Prize
- Grant Competition 2011
- Grant Competition 2014
- Leaders for Literacy
- No Lost Generation Summit Tech Prize
- Ready2Read Challenge
- Sign On For Literacy Prize
- Technology to Support Education in Crises & Conflict Prize
- Tracking & Tracing Books Prize
- UnrestrICTed Challenge
… results in Grant Competition 2014 and India.
Play.Connect.Learn
Read ebooks and play literacy games in the Marathi language of India on this smartphone-based app developed by Sesame Workshop India.- Blog // April 2, 2018
The Book Desert: Authors, publishers and innovators have key role in solving global literacy challenge
This crisis, dubbed the “book desert,” was the focus of our panel discussion at the International Children’s Book Fair in Bologna, Italy. Benetech Evaluation Report
An evaluation report on the results of the ACR GCD-funded "Bookshare India" project, implemented by Beneficent Technologies (Benetech) in India.Mother Tongue An Essential
A Marathi speaking 4 year old girl named Rashi starts kindergarten. Her mother, trying to choose the program that will best support Rashi’s learning of English, puts her in an all-English classroom.11 Tech Innovations Changing Global Education
A giant shipping container now provides computers to students in remote locations. The simplest cell phone records and distributes local stories to improve literacy rates.Statewide services to offer 425,000 e-books
Beginning July 1, the Georgia Libraries for Accessible Statewide Services network will make more than 425,000 accessible e-books available for free to patrons who cannot read traditional print books.Advancing Literacy Outcomes for Children with Disabilities in India: International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Benetech is proud to join the international community and our partners in observance of International Day of Persons with Disabilities to promote awareness and mobilize support for the inclusion of...Breaking down silos at the intersection of meaning and money
Kevin Jones convened impact investors and social entrepreneurs at the first Social Capital Markets conference in 2008. Now he says the value of SOCAP is the way it encourages attendees to find...Samarth’s Story
Sesame Workshop India shares the joy of 7-year old Samarth as he discovers that he too can read with the support of technology and a few friendly muppets.Getting millions to learn: The impact of Sesame Street around the world
Sesame Workshop’s projects occupy the unique intersection of early childhood education and media. What had started as an educational television program more than 40 years ago...USAID Grant Helps Create Marathi Books for Blind Kids
Palo Alto, Calif.,-based Benetech received a grant Feb. 5 by USAID to create “human-narrated audio” Marathi language books for blind children in Pune, India.Benetech Wins All Children Reading: A Grand Challenge for Development Grant to Improve Literacy for Primary School Students with Disabilities in India
We are delighted to share that USAID, World Vision, and the Australian Government awarded Benetech a 2015 grant to improve literacy for primary school students who are blind in India.Benetech / Kristina Pappas
ACR GCD-funded innovator Benetech shares their innovation to add audio to digital stories for children who are blind/low vision in India.Sesame Workshop India Trust / Anuragini Nagar
ACR GCD-funded innovator Sesame Workshop India shares their innovation to provide families with a mobile app based on the Marathi-language version of Sesame Street to improve children's reading.How Technology Can Transform Child Literacy in Developing Countries
Learn from School-to-School International and ACR GCD-funded innovators Creative Associates, Little Thinking Minds and Sesame Workshop about edtech projects for children in developing countries.Sesame Workshop Baseline Report
A baseline early grade reading assessment of students participating in the ACR GCD-funded "Play.Connect.Learn" project in India.Benetech Baseline Report
A baseline early grade reading assessment of students participating in the ACR GCD-funded "Bookshare India" project.Play.Connect.Learn Impact Research Summary
Sesame Workshop India shares a brief overview of its ACR GCD-funded Play.Connect.Learn project reaching children in India with early grade literacy content delivered via a smartphone app.
