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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 innovation.
- News Byte // January 27, 2023
ACR GCD releases 2022 Annual Report
The report celebrates 11th year of the Grand Challenge and its commitment to improving child literacy outcomes - News Byte // October 24, 2022
Highlighting international cooperation between ACR GCD and our partners on World Development Information Day
USAID, World Vision and the Australian government are working together to solve a global challenge - Blog // May 5, 2020
The Asia Foundation to create first large collection of minority language books for children in Laos, Nepal and Papua New Guinea
ACR GCD’s Begin With Books prize to fund the creation of 380 books in six local languages for regions in which only 5 percent of children have access to books. - Blog // December 12, 2019
9 lessons for designing EdTech innovations for early grade literacy
As a spotter and innovation catalyst in education technology to improve child literacy in developing countries, All Children Reading: A Grand Challenge for Development (ACR GCD) is on the front lines All Children Reading Grand Challenge 2020 Annual Report
An overview of the All Children Reading Grand Challenge's investments and advancements made by innovators during COVID-19 and throughout fiscal 2020.eKitabu advances in All Children Reading Grand Challenge prize to improve literacy outcomes for deaf children
eKitabu, Rochester Institute of Technology’s National Institute for the Deaf (RIT/NTID) and Manos Unidas will advance as finalists of the Sign On For Literacy prize.Begin With Books Info Sheet
Learn more about the Begin With Books prize, challenging global innovators to develop or adapt books in more than 30 underserved languages.Here are 25 of the most innovative new projects using tech to help refugees and NGOs
The Techfugees Global Challenges Competition showcases projects responding to the needs of displaced populations and building technological products or services for them.Oeuvre Malienne d’aide à l’Enfance du Sahel
An evaluation report on the results of the ACR GCD-funded "Your Child, Reading, and You" project, implemented by Oeuvre Malienne d’aide à l’Enfance du Sahel in Mali.Introduction to Studio KSL
Sign On For Literacy finalist eKitabu introduces Studio KSL, a local studio to document Kenyan Sign Language through a visual glossary and produce KSL videos for integration into accessible books.Nyle DiMarco Foundation shares importance of Sign On For Literacy competition
Donna DiMarco of the Nyle DiMarco Foundation shares the importance of deaf children having early access to sign language.All Children Reading: A Grand Challenge for Development Joins Big Ideas@Berkeley Competition
ACR GCD's partnership with University of California, Berkeley, to launch a “Mobiles for Reading” category within the annual Big Ideas@Berkeley competition.In Zambia, a Refuge to Learn
If you want to see a community at work, check out the Lubuto Library on a Saturday morning in Lusaka, Zambia.Alphabet Boot Camp
At 8 a.m. in the Indian state of Bihar, 25 children gather in a playing field. A bright yellow banner bearing the Pratham Education Foundation’s logo is prominently rolled out at the site.Lubuto Library Project / Jane Kinney Meyers
Lubuto Library Project shares their ACR GCD-funded innovation to create high-quality books in underserved languages via an accessible digital platform to help children in Zambia learn to read.ACR GCD Infographic
An graphic story of the mission and focus areas of ACR GCD and ways innovators and partners can get involved.Innovator Spotlight Webinar
Learn from ACR GCD-funded Sesame Workshop and World Education about innovative edtech approaches for improving early grade reading in India and Cambodia.Literacy, Foundation Learning and Assessment in Developing Countries
A literature review outlining best practices for literacy and learning for children in developing countries.Mobiles for Reading: A Landscape Research Review
The mEducation Alliance and ACR GCD examine the use of mobile technologies to help children in developing countries learn and practice reading.