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Children's Book Development and Use in Rwanda
In Rwanda, Save the Children collaborated with Education and Culture Ministries, publishing industry stakeholders, schools, book sellers and libraries in order to strengthen existing systems and increase output and availability of quality local language c
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Rwanda: Midterm survey tracking literacy, knowledge, attitudes, and practices at the school and community level
Mureke Dusome was a four-year USAID-funded project that aimed to foster partnerships between schools and the broader community in a bid to improve children’s literacy outcomes. The project was being implemented by Save the Children and its partner organiz
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Innovations Used in the Advancing the Right to Read Program in Rwanda
This paper focus on innovative adaptations that were made to Advancing the Right to Read programming (including peer learning circles and model teachers of Kinyarwanda) and discuss: why they resulted, what impact they had and what they have taught Save t
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Ready to Learn: Common approaches
Ready to Learn is Save the Children's program that helps 3 to 6-year-old children develop foundational literacy and math skills. The program is an evidence-driven, play-based response to the global learning crisis in which millions of children are not gai
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Mureke Dusome Impact Evaluation Endline Report
Mureke Dusome (“Let’s Read”) is a four-year, community-focused literacy project in Rwanda that aims to improve children’s literacy skills by encouraging and supporting reading outside of school. Mureke Dusome is funded by the United States Agency for Inte
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Systemic Change in Early Childhood Literacy: Lessons from Save the Children Rwanda: 2012-2017
This learning paper highlights different ways to influence systemic change for improved literacy environment. The paper focuses on touch points throughout the journey of the Advancing the Right to Read program in Rwanda to map changes in the literacy env
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Engaging the Private Sector Towards an Improved Literate Environment: A learning paper on book development in Rwanda
This learning paper/report on the journey of the children’s book industry in Rwanda though the support of Advancing the Right to Read: Education Program including factors that contributed to or inhibited change along the way and learning for within Rwanda
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Advancing the Right to Read in Rwanda: Key programme achievements & learning
The Advancing the Right to Read in Rwanda (ARR) programme was designed as a direct response to the critical challenge of quality of learning in Rwanda. Save the Children identified the lack of sufficient support for Rwandan children in developing school r
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First Read Southern Thailand Endline Report
Save the Children Thailand has been implementing the First Read Southern Thailand project since 2016. The report captures the impact of the first year of project implementation in target areas of Si Sakhon district, Narathiwat province. The main objective
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Age-Appropriate Reading Materials are Needed to Foster Reading Skills in Young Children in Cambodia
On the occasion of the 3rd National Reading Day on 11 March 2018, three leading education NGOs in Cambodia – Save the Children, Sipar and World Vision International Cambodia – have released a statement calling for more budget investment and improved polic
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Assessing the Impacts of Literacy Learning Games for Syrian Refugee Children: An executive overview of Antura and the Letters and Feed the Monster Impact Evaluations
The crisis in Syria has left 2.3 million children without an education, many of which are now living in displacement in Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Greece, and Italy. There are many obstacles to the continuation of schooling for these children: the tra
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Effects of the EU-SERD II Project on Students’ Literacy Levels: The case of Dadaab Refugee Camp
SERD II is envisioned to contribute to voluntary repatriation of refugees and provide access to quality education and training in the Daadab Camps. The project targets: children, ALP learners, youth, primary school teacher trainees, children with special