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"Literacy unlocks the door to learning throughout life,
is essential to development and health,
and opens the way for democratic participation
and active citizenship."
- Kofi Annan, former Secretary-General of the United Nations
We are a nonprofit organization whose mission is to empower children and adults with tools for knowledge sharing and literacy learning, as an effective means towards advancing education, health, economic development, democracy, and human rights.
Our major program, the Talking Book Project, develops new and affordable digital audio technology to provide vital information and literacy training to people with limited access to either. The information will be in the form of locally recorded, spoken content on an interactive audio device. The technology will be used for two major purposes: training of reading skills and communication of information.
The majority of people living in extreme poverty are not able to use written information to improve their lives due to illiteracy. The Talking Book technology will provide both a short and long term solution:
- Short Term: Provide crucial information in a form that they can consume and understand now.
- Long Term: Provide literacy training so that they can eventually access information in text form.
Literacy Bridge will collaborate with local organizations in designing and implementing the system, and in developing and distributing the content. We plan on implementing the first instantiation of the technology in Ghana, and then using it as a template for replication and customization in other countries.
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