
Blog // March 23, 2023All Children Reading: A Grand Challenge for Development celebrates impact on increasing literacy for children worldwide
The Grand Challenge is concluding 12 years of funding and testing innovative EdTech solutions and approaches to increase reading outcomes for marginalized children in low-resource contexts
Blog // November 15, 2022What works and doesn’t work to improve access, equity and inclusion for the 584 million children globally waiting to learn to read
Key evidence and lessons where EdTech innovations and methods work to increase access to education and literacy for hard to reach and disadvantaged learners

Leveraging Technology for Education of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons: Series Overview
Three modules providing guidelines and findings related to the use of technology to expand education opportunities
News Byte // December 17, 2021Celebrate World Arabic Language Day by sharing EdTech tools and books to increase literacy
Help us raise awareness of these tools and other opportunities to implement EdTech solutions to improve reading outcomes for marginalized children in low-resource contexts.
Blog // December 16, 2021How EdTech solutions can fill gaps and address barriers to literacy for refugee and migrant children
Learn about and access free education technology tools, solutions and guidance for increasing reading outcomes for children in crisis contexts.
News Byte // December 10, 2021Be part of the solution in assuring every child has access to education on Human Rights Day 2021
Education is a human right, and the ability to read plays a crucial role in the ability to complete education. Yet millions of children across the globe are waiting to learn read.
Blog // March 13, 2020Nine global EdTech solutions to support out-of-school children during the Coronavirus outbreak
ACR GCD-funded innovations available in multiple languages and across variety of devices to support early-grade literacy.

Technology to Support Education in Crisis & Conflict Settings Prize
Technology-driven solutions to maintain children’s access to education amid crisis or conflict

Outernet, Inc.
Outernet can reestablish basic education services for students in settings where conflict has strained educational resources and disrupted communicationsCompetition
Technology to Support Education in Crises & Conflict Prize
Amount Awarded
$5,000
Winner Status
Conflict Zone - 1st place (tied),Winner


Xavier Project
ENEZA, a mobile SMS study tool, supports primary school children in accessing education materials for every subject on the syllabusCompetition
Technology to Support Education in Crises & Conflict Prize
Amount Awarded
$5,000
Winner Status
Conflict Zone - 1st place (tied),Winner


Viamo
VOTO powers an interactive, personalized and measurable platform to engage students on basic mobile phones through interactive voice response (IVR)Competition
Technology to Support Education in Crises & Conflict Prize
Amount Awarded
$5,000
Winner Status
Health Crisis - 1st place,Winner


Stanford Learning, Design and Technology Program
Leveraging existing supply deliveries and distribution channels to increase access to learning in crisis or conflict settings where schooling is interrupted.Competition
Technology to Support Education in Crises & Conflict Prize
Amount Awarded
$5,000
Winner Status
Natural Disaster - 1st place,Winner


TeleTaleem
Internet and computer learning to students in refugee camps through a satellite internet enabled mobile van.Competition
Technology to Support Education in Crises & Conflict Prize
Amount Awarded
$1,500
Winner Status
Conflict Zone - Honorable Mention


Dimagi, Inc.
Development of a free, easy-to-use, localizable mobile apps to strengthen the education response to Ebola and other crises.Competition
Technology to Support Education in Crises & Conflict Prize
Amount Awarded
$1,500
Winner Status
Health Crisis - Honorable Mention (tied)


The WiderNet Project
eGranary Education Platform off-line system that fits into any situation where students lack reliable infrastructure, Internet connectivity, or the ability to gather.Competition
Technology to Support Education in Crises & Conflict Prize
Amount Awarded
$1,500
Winner Status
Health Crisis - Honorable Mention (tied)


Hifadhi Africa
Using low-cost and low-power computers to support and accelerate adoption of education in pastoral areas of Kenya.Competition
Technology to Support Education in Crises & Conflict Prize
Amount Awarded
$1,500
Winner Status
Natural Disaster - Honorable Mention


Refugee Children Empowered by Technology to Learn
June 20 marks World Refugee Day, a day when we recognize the tragic impact that war, persecution, conflicts, and natural disasters have had on millions – causing them to flee their homes.

Leveraging Technology to Build Literacy Among Millions of Displaced Children and Those with Disabilities
There are about a quarter of a billion children around the world who cannot read, often due to lack of resources in their language, conflicts that have displaced them from their homes and communities.

The Right to Read
Two-hundred-and-fifty million children across the globe are not learning basic literacy and numeracy skills. Of these, 57 million children—a disproportionate number of whom are from disadvantaged...
