--- title: "EdTech Digest: The right to read" description: Technology through programs like ACR GCD is empowering great progress in reaching children across the globe with needed literacy resources. image: http://www.worldvisionphilanthropy.org/hubfs/stories/reading.jpg --- [![Philanthropy logo](https://www.worldvisionphilanthropy.org/hubfs/home%20/Philanthropy%20logo.svg)](https://www.worldvisionphilanthropy.org) [![stories_header](https://www.worldvisionphilanthropy.org/hs-fs/hubfs/sub%20pages/stories_header.jpg?width=2000&name=stories_header.jpg "stories_header")](https://www.worldvisionphilanthropy.org/news) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [Education](https://www.worldvisionphilanthropy.org/news/topic/education) [Innovation](https://www.worldvisionphilanthropy.org/news/topic/innovation) # EdTech Digest: The right to read Written by [World Vision Staff](https://www.worldvisionphilanthropy.org/news/author/world-vision-staff) on Jan 24, 2017 11:15:00 AM [![reading.jpg](http://www.worldvisionphilanthropy.org/hs-fs/hubfs/stories/reading.jpg?width=400&name=reading.jpg "reading.jpg")](https://edtechdigest.com/2017/01/23/the-right-to-read/)Two-hundred-and-fifty million children across the globe are not learning basic literacy and numeracy skills. Of these, 57 million children—a disproportionate number of whom are from disadvantaged backgrounds, live in conflict-afflicted countries, are disabled, or are girls—aren’t enrolled in school at all. Technology through programs like All Children Reading: A Grand Challenge for Development (ACR GCD) is empowering great progress in reaching children across the globe with needed literacy resources, from development to delivery. ACR GCD is a partnership of USAID, World Vision, and the Australian Government [Read the article](https://edtechdigest.com/2017/01/23/the-right-to-read/) ### RECENT STORIES [![](https://www.worldvisionphilanthropy.org/hubfs/D395-0940-093.jpg) ](https://www.worldvisionphilanthropy.org/news/breaking-the-cycle-building-a-future) #### [Breaking the cycle, building a future](https://www.worldvisionphilanthropy.org/news/breaking-the-cycle-building-a-future) Jul 6, 2026 8:16:56 AM [![](https://www.worldvisionphilanthropy.org/hubfs/stories/D140-0219-089.jpg) ](https://www.worldvisionphilanthropy.org/news/when-health-clinics-run-out-of-water-this-happens) #### [WHEN HEALTH CLINICS RUN OUT OF WATER … THIS HAPPENS.](https://www.worldvisionphilanthropy.org/news/when-health-clinics-run-out-of-water-this-happens) May 21, 2026 11:08:27 AM [![](https://www.worldvisionphilanthropy.org/hubfs/D200-1326-136.jpg) ](https://www.worldvisionphilanthropy.org/news/the-cost-of-child-marriage) #### [The cost of child marriage](https://www.worldvisionphilanthropy.org/news/the-cost-of-child-marriage) Apr 30, 2026 6:00:02 AM [![](https://www.worldvisionphilanthropy.org/hubfs/Everlyne%20washes%20her%20school%20uniform%20after%20her%20treacherous%20walk%20for%20contaminated%20water..jpg) ](https://www.worldvisionphilanthropy.org/news/access-to-clean-water-means-a-brighter-future) #### [Access to clean water means a brighter future](https://www.worldvisionphilanthropy.org/news/access-to-clean-water-means-a-brighter-future) Jan 30, 2026 6:00:00 AM [![](https://www.worldvisionphilanthropy.org/hubfs/edgar-sitting.jpg) ](https://www.worldvisionphilanthropy.org/news/a-very-different-wish-list) #### [A very different wish list](https://www.worldvisionphilanthropy.org/news/a-very-different-wish-list) Dec 3, 2025 7:00:00 AM ### Posts by Tag - 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