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Literacy for a billion with Bollywood songs
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Share & SaveMore Information About this ProjectProject Needs and Beneficiaries300 million early-literates in India cannot read the headlines of a newspaper. Another 300 million cannot read the alphabet. Same Language Subtitling (SLS) recommends subtitling the lyrics of all film song programs on TV, nationally, in the “same” language as the audio. A decade of research has proven that this Karaoke approach to literacy improves the reading skills of millions of viewers. Cost: $1 (the price of a cup of coffee) gives 10,000 people reading practice for one whole year! ActivitiesAbout 300 million early (semi) literates get automatic reading practice with the help of PlanetRead's SLS in 10 different languages nationwide.In addition, nearly 270 million illiterate people are motivated to become literate. Funding InformationTotal Funding Received to Date: $1,349 Additional DocumentationThis project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf). ResourcesWhy this Project is ImportantPotential Long Term ImpactPlanetRead’s “karaoke” approach to literacy provides automatic and regular reading practice to over 300 million early-literates in India. In addition, nearly 300 million illiterate people are motivated to become literate. Project Message
“When a billion people are illiterate (two-thirds… women), and nearly half of the world lives on less than $2 a day… We are excited by the prospect of …helping millions…by supporting…PlanetRead". Who is Running This ProjectContact
Brij Kothari, Project SponsorOrganization
Learn more about PlanetRead and the project team. Where this Project is LocatedCountry
This project is located in For more information about India, read the Human Development Report on India or the Wikipedia entry for India. When this Project was UpdatedLast UpdatedThis project was last updated on August 22, 2008. Date Added to GlobalGivingThis project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on June 22, 2004. Latest Update from the FieldAniBooks: A Book for Every Child in her LanguageBy Parthibhan Amudhan - Mr., August 22, 2008 12:28 PM
As part of development of Anibooks and assessing its impact on reading, PlanetRead is: (a) creating two new stories in animated and subtitled format in Bhili and Santhali each; (b) converting three existing Anibooks (available in major Indian languages) in two tribal languages; and (c) producing master copies of two VCDs with five Anibooks, each VCD comprising of five stories in tribal and regional languages. Read 2 more "Updates from the Field" | Comment on this update How Else You Can HelpSpread the Word on your Profile, Blog, or WebsitePut a widget for this project on your profile, blog or website to turn your friends into givers. Using our widget, it's quick and easy to add this widget to your profile or blog! Get this widget on: |
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