Developing solutions
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!
Featured Innovators
Rochester Institute of Technology/National Technical Institute for the Deaf
Competition
Ready2Read Challenge
Amount Awarded
up to $300,000
Winner Status
Winner
ILC Africa
Introducing 400 Talking Books into 50 Early Childhood Development centers in rural Malawi to contribute to pre-literacy skills of children ages 4-6 years old.Competition
Ready2Read Challenge
Amount Awarded
up to $300,000
Winner Status
Winner
The Asia Foundation
Providing children and their family members in Nepal with an evidence- and UDL-based approach that sparks curiosity and increases oral language and pre-reading skillsCompetition
Ready2Read Challenge
Amount Awarded
up to $300,000
Winner Status
Winner
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- Afghanistan
- Africa
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Bangladesh
- Cambodia
- East Timor
- Ethiopia
- Fiji Islands
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Global
- Haiti
- India
- Indonesia
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Laos
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Macedonia
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mexico
- Morocco
- Nepal
- Nicaragua
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Papau New Guinea
- Philippines
- Rwanda
- Samoa
- Senegal
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sri Lanka
- Syria
- Tanzania
- Timor-Leste
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- Zambia
Institute for Disabilities Research and Training
Assistive technology that enables educators to easily create and publish Moroccan Sign Language (MSL) supported educational materials for students who are deaf/hard of hearing.Competition
Grant Competition 2014
Winner Status
Winner
Resources for the Blind, Inc.
Providing training and technology to create and upload accessible supplementary reading materials for students who are blind/low vision.Competition
Grant Competition 2014
Winner Status
Winner
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
Perkins International
Introducing modern teaching methods along with assistive technology for children who are blind/low visionCompetition
Grant Competition 2011
Winner Status
Winner
Save the Children Sri Lanka
Improving reading skills of children with special needs using by providing teaching and learning materials and assessment tools to teachers and resources and training for familiesCompetition
Grant Competition 2011
Winner Status
Winner
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