Social Impact

Strategic Partners

We are partnered with the World Literacy Foundation, a 501(c)(3), to offer an educational license of our award-winning EdTech mobile app, StoryTime International, to their Sun Books digital initiatives in Sub-Saharan Africa, help them create e-learning libraries at 10 different schools and our latest project, The Sun Books Global Children's Library.

Since 2003, the World Literacy Foundation has supported literacy programs across the world. In 2014, they launched The Sun Books initiative, a groundbreaking project that relies on solar-powered mobile devices to bring educational content to regions with limited access to books, educational resources, electricity and internet.

Consider becoming patron of the Sun Books program so we can continue to expand it into other countries, bringing much needed educational resources and children's books to those who need it most.

The Sun Books Global Children’s Library was created through our partnership with the World Literacy Foundation. It's mission? Simple. To give children access to stories and give children’s book authors a powerful new way to share their stories with the world in 137 languages....

World Literacy Foundation Statistics and Global Impact

The World Literacy Foundation (WLF) reports reaching 115 million children and their families annually through its global network. [1, 2]

Operating in over 143 countries and across 4,500 communities, the foundation focuses on eradicating illiteracy by providing access to books, educational resources, and literacy support. [1, 2]

Annual Program Impact

While the 115 million figure represents their total global reach, specific annual achievements include:

• Direct Support: In 2021, the foundation reached over 191,000 children and families specifically through its structured literacy programs.

• Book Distribution: They distributed more than 224,000 books globally in a single year to help children build home libraries.

• Advocacy and Awareness: Their social media campaigns and literacy awareness events reach roughly 340 million people annually.

• Digital Reach: Programs like Sun Books provide a low-cost digital library to approximately 56,000 children and families in regions like Nigeria, Uganda, and Kenya. [3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  
  

Core Initiatives

The foundation utilizes several key programs to meet these numbers:

• Sun Books: A digital library providing access to 850+ books in areas where physical books are scarce. Serves over 12,000 children in Africa.

• UK Reads: Focuses on the approximately 400,000 children in the UK who do not own a book.

• Aprende Leyendo: An initiative in Latin America that provides foundational literacy skills to children in rural or displaced communities.

• Literacy Ambassadors: A global network of over 3,400 ambassadors across 64 countries who advocate for literacy education. [3, 6, 7, 8, 9]

[1] https://worldliteracyfoundation.org

[2] https://impactful.ninja

[3] https://www.globalgiving.org

[4] https://impactful.ninja

[5] https://impactful.ninja

[6] https://www.facebook.com

[7] https://www.globalgiving.org

[8] https://worldliteracyfoundation.org

[9] https://worldliteracyfoundation.org