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

Cost Effectiveness

Activate the growing base of parent smartphones

We run awareness campaigns to reach millions of children worldwide.
Exceptional cost effectiveness.
Reaches underserved populations that cannot otherwise be easily reached.

Implementation cost per household 1-2 USD

We train local advocates and facilitators to promote our content and assist parents.

Implementation cost per household 10 USD

The Curious Learning model for activating household devices is 100x more scalable and 100x more cost effective than traditional educational approaches. It leverages the rapidly growing existing smartphone infrastructure.

Hand out devices preloaded with content

A phone preloaded with our apps is given to a child for them to use at home.
Rock solid supporting evidence of learning impact (World Bank RCT Study).

Implementation cost per child 30 USD

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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