Curious Learning - Every Child Deserves the Joy of Reading

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.

The Approach

Download Curious Reader App

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

Cost Effectiveness

An average acquisition cost of ~$0.50 per learner: India $0.04 - Nepal $0.08 - Kenya $0.42
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100 times more cost effective and can be scaled immediately to meet the need while traditional systems catch up.

Literacy Is…

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