Books in Underserved Languages

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eKitabu
The creation of more than 250 books in Tumbuka and Malawian Sign Language for free use on the Global Digital Library.
Competition
Begin With Books
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Rochester Institute of Technology – National Technical Institute for the Deaf
The creation of 1,200 accessible books in the sign languages of Indonesia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Somalia, the Fiji Islands and Samoa.
Competition
Begin With Books
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SIL LEAD
The creation of 420 quality, accessible books in the Soninke and Sénoufo languages of Mali, as well as Malian Sign Language, using SIL's Bloom book creation software.
Competition
Begin With Books
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The Asia Foundation
Creation of 380 children’s books in six local spoken and signed languages of Laos, Nepal and Papua New Guinea.
Competition
Begin With Books
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eKitabu
Studio KSL helps the deaf community and local content creators in Kenya integrate sign language videos into literacy content.
Competition
Sign On For Literacy Prize
Amount Awarded
Up to $250,000
Winner Status
Finalist
Rochester Institute of Technology National Technical Institute for the Deaf
Documenting and collecting local sign languages and creating an open-content digital library of folktales offered in an interactive bilingual format
Competition
Sign On For Literacy Prize
Amount Awarded
Up to $250,000
Winner Status
Finalist
Asafeer Education Technologies
100 inspiring STEM storybook templates and illustrations for Arabic speaking children and for global translation and use.
Competition
No Lost Generation Summit Tech Prize
Amount Awarded
$100,000
Winner Status
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SIL LEAD, Inc.
Enhancing Bloom software with accessibility features to allow users to create “born accessible” reading materials in underserved languages.
Competition
Book Boost: Access for All Challenge
Amount Awarded
$162,000
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eKitabu
Catalyzing the born accessible book chain to create a library of open source, accessible digital titles and providing an open standards based toolkit for local content developers.
Competition
Book Boost: Access for All Challenge
Amount Awarded
$162,000
Winner Status
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The Asia Foundation
Library platforms and book collections accessible to children who are blind/low vision.
Competition
Book Boost: Access for All Challenge
Amount Awarded
$12,000
Winner Status
Semi-Finalist
World Education, Inc.
Developing books for beginning readers in six of Nepal’s minority languages using a low-cost, accessible, and linguistically appropriate book title development model.
Competition
Book Boost: Access for All Challenge
Amount Awarded
$12,000
Winner Status
Semi-Finalist
The Asia Foundation
A mobile application, in Dari and Pashto that is student-focused, fun, interactive and usable as both a teacher’s aide and for self-study.
Competition
Grant Competition 2014
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Catholic Relief Services
Using innovative technologies for teachers to create and translate print/braille learning materials and for children who are blind/low vision to learn braille.
Competition
Grant Competition 2014
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Creative Associates International
Mobilizing community members to submit favorite local stories and folktales and distributing the stories, along with comprehension questions, to early grade students and their families via SMS.
Competition
Grant Competition 2014
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Kampuchean Action for Primary Education
Transforming readers into basal electronic formats with interactive features, including multi-modal presentations that build on children’s oral Khmer language skills
Competition
Grant Competition 2014
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Little Thinking Minds
Building an online levelled and differentiated early grade Arabic literacy learning platform supported by after school literacy clubs for students.
Competition
Grant Competition 2014
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Oeuvre Malienne d’aide à l’Enfance du Sahel
Providing families in Mali with immediate access to community developed print and digital reading resources through mobile technology and local libraries
Competition
Grant Competition 2014
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Réseau d’Acteurs pour le Renouveau de l’Education
Using mobile technology to help teachers in Mali view, learn and apply new teaching techniques using the balanced literacy approach.
Competition
Grant Competition 2014
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Sesame Workshop India Trust
Providing families with a smartphone based mobile app, based on the Marathi dubbed version of Sesame Street, (Galli Galli Sim Sim), to promote mother-tongue literacy skills
Competition
Grant Competition 2014
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SIL International
Software solutions that allow authors to easily create and export texts in mother tongue languages (including sign languages)
Competition
Enabling Writers Prize
Amount Awarded
$100,000
Winner Status
Winner