Cookie preferences

HundrED uses cookies to enhance user experiences, to personalise content, and analyse our web traffic. By clicking "Accept all" you agree to the use of all cookies, including marketing cookies that may help us deliver personalised marketing content to users. By selecting "Accept necessary" only essential cookies, such as those needed for basic functionality and internal analytics, will be enabled.
For more details, please review our Cookie Policy.
Accept all
Accept necessary
search
clear

Sun Books

We are an innovative technological tool which includes e-book and localised educational resources for children

The sun Books App is preloaded on a solar-powered tablet with an E-library available offline. It enables us to reach children in remote areas. The content is developed collaboratively with local teachers and students through AppBooks software and Cloud based technology. The incorporation of the community we are working in, is the key to educational success.

Overview

Information on this page is provided by the innovator and has not been evaluated by HundrED.

Updated May 2020

2014

Established

6

Countries
All students
Target group
We are transforming lives by empowering children through literacy and encouraging them to be the writers of their own dreams. Maria Rojas.

About the innovation

Sun Books, merging Literacy and Technology

What we do?

To empower children of developing countries to learn by providing digital learning resources and literacy workshops so they can receive a quality education, develop a lifelong love of learning, and be better prepared for a changing world.

Content can be accessed from a tablet or a phone, Pre loaded content, no internet required, Locally relevant content created in cooperation with the community, Training provided to teachers to ensure the correct usage of the platform , Writing workshops.

Why we do it?

* 250 million children at primary schools in developing countries are struggling with Reading simple words. *More than half of “out of school” children of primary age are in Africa. *Only 35%of schools have access to electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa. *The literacy rate in Sub- Saharan Africa has improved in the last 50 years but is still only at 75%. *Most of the Sub-Saharan African Countries do not have sufficient access to books for the size of the class. *In Sub-Saharan Africa the average number of children per reading textbook in primary education is 2 or more.

Spread of the innovation

loading map...

Similar innovations

Sign up for our newsletter

Don’t miss news and opportunities to engage with HundrED