Innovators

Explore ACR GCD’s community of more than 80 innovators to learn more about their creative solutions to get all children reading.

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All Children Reading: A Grand Challenge for Development is a sandbox for innovation, funding innovators to develop and implement EdTech solutions to increase reading outcomes for marginalized children in low resource contexts. Below, learn about several of our current awardees and explore more current and past innovators by focus area or locations where they implemented their solutions!

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  • Community Systems Foundation

    OpenEMIS Logistics tracks the delivery of items to schools using a web interface, a mobile app and SMS technologies.

    Competition

    Tracking & Tracing Books Prize

    Amount Awarded

    $100,000

    Winner Status

    Winner

  • Dost Education

    A mobile service that empowers mothers to be an integral part of their child's development—including learning to read

    Competition

    Big Ideas@Berkeley 2015/16 Prize

    Amount Awarded

    $10,000

    Winner Status

    Winner

  • Outernet, Inc.

    Outernet can reestablish basic education services for students in settings where conflict has strained educational resources and disrupted communications

    Competition

    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 syllabus

    Competition

    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

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