Support Curious Learning and Support Worldwide Literacy

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Literacy Is…

  • ... a poverty issue
    Each grade level of literacy increases earnings by 9.7%
  • ... a gender issue
    2/3 of illiterate adults are women
  • ... a health issue
    With literate, people are 5x more likely to know how HIV/AIDS is spread
  • ... a peace issue
    Without literacy, people are 9x more likely to become radicalized
  • ... a child labor issue
    47% of child laborer will never attend school
  • ... a human trafficking issue
    46% of Nigerian youth identify illiteracy as a major cause of human trafficking
  • ... a food issue
    Universal literacy would increase food production by 24%
  • ... a economic issue
    Literacy for 770 million adults would increase annual global GDP by $1.2 trillian

Cost Effectiveness

An average acquisition cost of ~$0.50 per learner: India $0.04 - Nepal $0.08 - Kenya $0.42

100 times more cost effective and can be scaled immediately to meet the need while traditional systems catch up.

The Approach

Global award-winning, rigorously tested, free mobile apps that allow anyone to learn to read anywhere in the world.

The Need & Opportunity

70% of children worldwide do not reach minimum proficiency levels of literacy, including 90% of children in Sub-Saharan Africa, and 88% of children in India.

  • One billion more people without literacy skills in the next 25 years.
  • By 2050 98% of adults in Sub-Saharan Africa and India will have their own smartphones.

Our testimonals

Anything which helps more children become literate is worthy of support. I feel privileged to be a small contributor to Curious Learning’s work in this area.
I am a passionate Grade 1 teacher, and love to see learners thrive. I have seen the power of game based learning and how learners have improved in knowing their sounds and sight words
We use Feed the Monster as part of the literacy content on our Mobile Learning Labs – reaching some 100,000 students in the Global South!