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Every word read is a step towards a brighter future

Literacy is the foundation of education, employment and empowerment. Yet hundreds of millions of people around the world cannot read. Let’s work together to change that!

quality education for all

Literacy is the key to achieving the sustainable development goals – from ending poverty & hunger to achieving gender equality. Together, we can achieve the SDGs.

one billion literate

Let’s mobilise a people’s movement for literacy, ensuring that every last child and adult is reached. If all work for literacy, literacy for all is within grasp.

Make a lifetime of difference

Teaching literacy is the highest form of service, the greatest gift we can offer someone. Join the each one teach one campaign today and teach someone to read in just 3 months.

5-7 year olds are reading newspapers!

The groundbreaking Accelerating Learning for All program revolutionizes education through peer- and activity-based learning. Don’t just believe us – see for yourself!

My Name, My Identity

People are ashamed of using a thumb impression, while signing your own name gives a sense of dignity. Together, let’s build a future where inkpads are consigned to the dustbin of history.

Every word read is a step towards a brighter future

Literacy is the foundation of education, employment and empowerment. Yet hundreds of millions of people around the world cannot read. Let’s work together to change that!

quality education for all

Literacy is the key to achieving the sustainable development goals – from ending poverty & hunger to achieving gender equality. Together, we can achieve the SDGs.

one billion literate

Let’s mobilise a people’s movement for literacy, ensuring that every last child and adult is reached. If all work for literacy, literacy for all is within grasp.

Make a lifetime of difference

Teaching literacy is the highest form of service, the greatest gift we can offer someone. Join the each one teach one campaign today and teach someone to read in just 3 months.

5-7 year olds are reading newspapers!

The groundbreaking Accelerating Learning for All program revolutionizes education through peer- and activity-based learning. Don’t just believe us – see for yourself!

My Name, My Identity

People are ashamed of using a thumb impression, while signing your own name gives a sense of dignity. Together, let’s build a future where inkpads are consigned to the dustbin of history.

Every word read is a step towards a brighter future

Literacy is the foundation of education, employment and empowerment. Yet hundreds of millions of people around the world cannot read. Let’s work together to change that!

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ALfA (Accelerating Learning for All)

ALfA unlocks the power of paired learning, fun activities, and a known-to-unknown pedagogy to enable children and adults to learn foundational literacy and numeracy (FLN) in as little as 30-45 days.

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International Projects

Working with the schools of Maldives to improve literacy and numeracy outcomes for all primary students.

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Adult Literacy

Empowering women with the crucial skills of reading and writing.

Adult Literacy

Government Schools

Partnering with government schools in several districts to help achieve NIPUN targets of literacy and numeracy.

Government Schools

NGOs

Collaborating with leading NGOs including Magic Bus, Piramal Foundation and Teach for India to build their literacy program capabilities.

NGOs

Each One Teach One

Inspiring and equipping hundreds of thousands of students to become literacy volunteers.

Each One Teach One

Community Development

Helping people from disadvantaged communities access their basic rights and entitlements.

Community Development

GLOBAL ADVISORY committee

Aïcha Bah Diallo

Founding Member of FAWE

Alesha Anderson (USA)

Senior Program Officer at ProLiteracy Worldwide.

Alexandre Romanovsky (USA)

Miami, Florida, USA

Bill Graham (USA)

Chief Mentor/Adviser at Rotary Youth for a Better World

Bhanu Potta (India)

World Reader

Chetnaa Mehrotra (India)

Founder - Rang Bhumi

Cindy Charles (Guyana)

Kupanda Sisters Inc. Founder & CEO Guyana.

David Bovill (UK)

Partnerships Manager at DEIP

David J. Rosen (USA)

Ernesto Schieffelin (Chile)

Fred Mednick (USA)

Teacher Without Borders Founder USA

Gail Davvis-Carter

UN ECOSOC Representative, UN Partner and Social Entrepreneur

Girish Menon (India)

CEO, STIR Education

Inger-Mette Stenseth (Norway)

Certified Trainer in System Thinking, Mapping and Leadership at IM STENSETH.

Joanne Telser Frere (USA)

Director of Program Development USA.

Jon M Corippo (USA)

Author USA

Kyle Zimmer (USA)

CEO & Co-founder USA

Mary McCool Berry (USA)

Founder and Practitioner USA

Michael Matos (USA)

Director for ScaleLIT.

Navneet Anand (India)

Director

Nicolas Gravel (Canada)

Professor of Economics France

PETER CAMPLING (USA)

Global Programmes Director

Nixon Joseph (India)

CEO India

PETER KWASI KODJIE (Ghana)

SECRETARY-GENERAL All Africa Student's Union

Pradeep Kumar (India)

World Reader

Rana Dajani (Jordan)

President USA

Ravi Sreedharan (India)

Founder and President India

Rebecca Zvomarima (Zimbawe)

Founding Director of Vadiwa Trust Organization

Richard Allen (USA)

Director of Partnerships. USA

Robert Thorn (Turkey)

Director Turkey

Samuel Sasu Adonteng

Programmes Officer for Tertiary Education, All-Africa Students Union

Shrutika Jadhav (India)

Manager, Philanthropic Advisory. India

Sigamoney Naicker (South Africa)

Professor South Africa

Sigbjorn Dugal (Norway)

Founder, Pickatale Norway.

Stephen Peters (USA)

President USA

Swati Popat Vats (India)

President India

Sylvia Guimarães (Brazil)

Co-Founder and president. Brazil

Vaibhav Chauhan (India)

Senior Manager

Vicky Colbert (Colombia)

Founder and Director, Fundación Escuela Nueva

Yogesh Kumar (India)

Operation Head, Programs

Yogesh Kumar, IAS (India)

Additional Commissioner, MGNREGA India

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EDUCATIONWORLD

Posted : June 17, 2023

From Adversity to Excellence: Slum Children in Lucknow Conquer Reading and Math Using ALfA Technique

In a remarkable achievement that defies all odds, young Anisha, a bright eight-year-old girl from a slum area in Lucknow, has become fluent in reading newspapers. Her accomplishment is even more extraordinary considering the scarcity of literacy in her slum-dwelling community, where education is often viewed as a luxury rather than a necessity.