250M children globally not achieving basic literacy. We are solving the imbalance in children’s book creation and distribution, so all children can read and rise to their full potential.
250M children globally not achieving basic literacy. We are solving the imbalance in children’s book creation and distribution, so all children can read and rise to their full potential.
250M children globally not achieving basic literacy. We are solving the imbalance in children’s book creation and distribution, so all children can read and rise to their full potential.
250M children globally not achieving basic literacy. We are solving the imbalance in children’s book creation and distribution, so all children can read and rise to their full potential.
Our reading app supports literacy by giving children the opportunity to read in their mother tongue, a building block for all learning. block for all all learning.
Children who see themselves reflected in the stories they read are much more likely to finish school, to love learning and to go on to lead successful lives.
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We are disrupting the cycle of poverty by leveraging technology to publish children’s books for free on digital platforms in mother tongue languages.
We are disrupting the cycle of poverty by leveraging technology to publish children’s books for free on digital platforms in mother tongue languages.
Our work is supported by an amazing community of individuals who champion literacy and equality.
Our work is supported by an amazing community of individuals who champion literacy and equality.
Rich Russo
Chief Creative Officer at Havas Adrenaline
Agnes Fischer
Executive Group Director, Droga5/ Author of Eggs Unscrambled: Making Sense of Egg Freezing, Fertility and the Truth about Your Reproductive Years.
David Baldwin
Writer/ Creative Director/ Author of The Belief Economy: How to Give a Damn, Stop Selling, and Create Buy-In.
Mary Ashton Burgh
Writer at Havas Worldwide
Eric Bertuccio
Writer at Havas NY
Frank Connolly
Senior Editor, MindEdge Learning
Alla Gonopolsky
Freelance Writer and Brand Strategist
Alice Whitmore
Author of Lutheranliar Looks at Life
Alan Brown
Coach, Speaker, Writer at ADDCrusher.com
AnaLiza Alba
Freelance Creative Director/ Writer, Co-Founder of fibi&clo
Kurt Nossan
Group Creative Director, Havas Worldwide
Ken Gilbert
Havas NY
NY Office of Global Advertising Agency
Jerry Della Femina
Writer/ Author/ Columnist. AAF Advertising Hall of Fame Writer. Author of From Those Wonderful Folks Who Gave You Pearl Harbor & An Italian grows in Brooklyn. Owner and Columnist of The Independent
David Steinberg
Comedian/ Writer/ Director of Curb Your Enthusiasm. Author of The Book of David. Documentary, Quality Balls: The David Steinberg Story
Kelly Simmons
Author of Standing Still; The Bird House; The Fifth of July; One More Day.
Michael Olguin
President of Havas Formula
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Contribute to our end of year goal to reach 40,000 children, 250,000 pages turned and 7,000 hours read across our digital platforms.
Directly from our local authors and illustrators in Haiti and Africa, NABU publishes childrens’ stories with a cultural point of view. 100% of proceeds go to support NABU’s work.
For each book sold, NABU will provide a digital copy to a child who needs one.
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