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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 Education in Emergencies.
Apps Factory
An innovative smartphone game that helps Syrian children learn foundational Arabic and improves psychosocial well-beingCompetition
EduApp4Syria Prize
Amount Awarded
$650,000 (innovative tender)
Winner Status
Winner
Cologne Game Lab
Antura and the Letters app builds foundational literacy skills in Arabic and improves psychosocial well-being for Syrian children who are out of school or struggling in school.Competition
EduApp4Syria Prize
Amount Awarded
$650,000 (innovative tender)
Winner Status
Winner
Creative Associates International
Katkooti, a smartphone application that offers literacy and psychosocial support to displaced childrenCompetition
EduApp4Syria Prize
Amount Awarded
$60,000 (innovative tender)
Winner Status
Runner-up
Kukua
Sema uses gaming to allow children to teach themselves how to read, write and do basic numeracy.Competition
EduApp4Syria Prize
Amount Awarded
$350,000 (innovative tender)
Winner Status
Finalist
Creuna
A smartphone application that can build foundational literacy skills in Arabic and improve psychosocial well-being for Syrian children who are out of school or struggling in school.Competition
EduApp4Syria Prize
Amount Awarded
$60,000 (innovative tender)
Winner Status
Runner-up
EduApp4Syria GitHub Source Code
Use the open source code for the winning EduApp4Syria games, Antura and the Letters and Feed the Monster, to translate the apps into new languages.
Antura and the Letters (English)
Learning becomes an adventure with Antura, the fun-loving dog. Catch English letters hidden around the world, while solving puzzles and earning gifts. Available on Android, iOS and Windows.
Antura and the Letters (Arabic)
Learning becomes an adventure with Antura, the fun-loving dog. Catch Arabic letters hidden around the world, while solving puzzles and earning gifts. Available on Android, iOS and Windows.
Feed the Monster (Arabic) – Google Play
Kids learn the reading and writing fundamentals of Arabic while collecting and growing their pet monsters as they advance through increasing skill levels of this smartphone-based app.Feed the Monster (Arabic) – App Store
Kids learn the reading and writing fundamentals of Arabic while collecting and growing their pet monsters as they advance through increasing skill levels of this smartphone-based app.
Feed the Monster (45+ languages) – Google
Kids learn reading and writing fundamentals while collecting and growing their pet monsters in this smartphone-based app, now available in more than 45 languages.
Guide to Creating Localized Learning Apps
Curious Learning's guide for developing early educational content on mobile devices that can be localized or adapted to other languages and cultures.
Blog // June 20, 2018How Mobile Games Can Advance Universal Education for Refugee Children
Two winning games from our EduApp4Syria competition illustrate how mobile technologies are filling educational gaps for millions of out-of-school Syrian children.
Announcing the 2018 G4C Awards Nominees
Games for Change is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2018 Games for Change Awards! Attend the Games for Change Festival to play these games and find out who will be the winners.
Education innovations are taking root around the world. What do they have in common?
When you think of education systems, what sorts of words come to mind? If you are anything like the many education practitioners, policymakers, and leaders who we meet every year throughout the...
Free interactive app teaches kids basic Arabic literacy skills
With some 43 percent of Syrian school-aged refugee children in Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt having no access to education as of March 2018, according to a report by...
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
- Blog // March 19, 2018
Downloadable Mobile Games Offer Hope for Out-of-School Syrian Children to Gain Literacy Skills
To measure our EduApp4Syria competition mobile games are achieving their goals, impact evaluations of each game were conducted.
