… results in Grant Competition 2014.
ACR GCD Unveils $6 Million Literacy Grant and Prize Competition
ACR GCD announces a second round of funding to unearth and champion technologies for improving child literacy.Qué Funciona para el Desarrollo / Arturo Aguilar
ACR GCD-funded innovator Qué Funciona para el Desarrollo shares their innovation to create community libraries for children and workshops to help support children's reading in Mexico City.Creative Associates International / Ayan Kishore
ACR GCD-funded innovator Creative Associates shares their innovation to mobilize community members to submit local stories through SMS message to improve children's reading skills in Zambia.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.Catholic Relief Services / Stu Letsatsi-Kojoana
ACR GCD-funded innovator Catholic Relief Services shares their innovation to use modern Braille technologies to deliver and improve reading for children who are blind/low vision in Lesotho.Institute for Disabilities Research and Training & École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Rabat
ACR GCD-funded innovator Institute for Disabilities Research & Training shares their innovation to enable educators to create sign language materials for deaf students in Morocco.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.Resources for the Blind / Amy Mojica
ACR GCD-funded innovator Resources for the Blind shares their innovation to advocate for and create accessible reading materials for children who are blind/low vision.Finalist 2014 Middle East & North Africa: Rama Kayyali Jardaneh
Rama Kayyali Jardaneh and her business partner, Lamia Tabaa, came up with the idea for their company 10 years ago, when Rama had just had her first son.Little Thinking Minds / Rama Kayyali Jardaneh
ACR GCD-funded innovator Little Thinking Minds shares their innovation to build an online early grade Arabic literacy learning platform supported by after school literacy clubs in Jordan.The Power of Technology to Improve Literacy for Children with Disabilities in Developing Countries
Learn from School-to-School International and ACR GCD-funded innovators Benetech and Resources for the Blind on the design and impact of edtech projects for children with disabilities.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.Creative Associates International Baseline Report
A baseline early grade reading assessment of students participating in the ACR GCD-funded "Makhalidwe Athu (Our Way of Staying)" project in Zambia.Sesame Workshop Baseline Report
A baseline early grade reading assessment of students participating in the ACR GCD-funded "Play.Connect.Learn" project in India.Kampuchean Action for Primary Education Baseline Report
A baseline early grade reading assessment of students participating in the ACR GCD-funded "E-Books 4 Khmer" project in Cambodia.Agora Center Baseline Report
A baseline early grade reading assessment of students participating in the ACR GCD-funded "GraphoGame Teacher Training Service" project, implemented by Agora Center in Zambia.Institute for Disabilities Research and Training & École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Rabat Baseline Report
A baseline early grade reading assessment of students participating in the ACR GCD-funded "Improving Deaf Children's Reading Through Technology" project, implemented by IDRT in Morocco.Little Thinking Minds Baseline Report
A baseline early grade reading assessment of students participating in the ACR GCD-funded Interactive Online Platform for Arabic Early Grade Literacy project in Jordan.Oeuvre Malienne d’Aide à l’Enfance du Sahel Baseline Report
A baseline early grade reading assessment of students participating in the ACR GCD-funded "Your Child, Reading, and You" project in Mali.Réseau d’Acteurs pour le Renouveau de l’Education Baseline Report
A baseline early grade reading assessment of students participating in the ACR GCD-funded "Our Children Learn to Read" project in Mali.