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📚 We’re delighted to share our 2023 mc2h Annual Report 📚 👉 https://lnkd.in/ejzSj_qN 👈 We’re very proud of the first full-year results, which show that in 2023 we: ✅ Grew to support transformational organisations in 11 Sub Saharan African countries through 7 partners ✅ Disbursed nearly USD 1 million across the literacy field in West Africa ✅ Engaged with 3 brilliant new partners: Luminos Fund, EduSpots and African Storybook Saide ✅ Through our partners reached over 1 million children in rural and marginalised communities across Africa As well as these important growth figures, we also invested in deeper sectoral change in the form of : 💫10% of our budget invested in Monitoring & Evaluation and result sharing 💫 USD 100k committed to network strengthening, to invest in joint planning, shared learning and collective action 💫 1 research study commissioned to strengthen the literacy ecosystem , Please take a read to explore more details and learn more about how we are collectively transforming children’s lives in Africa through literacy. 📚✍🌍 #literacymatters #boostingliteracy #transformativephilanthropy #readingforall 🙏 Imagine Worldwide, Rising Academy Network, Edulution, Community Aid Connect, Luminos Fund, EduSpots, Saide 🙏 Mocoh, MCB Forward Foundation

Happy Independence Day, Ghana! 🎊 🇬🇭 The mc2h foundation joins you in celebrating 67 years of resilience, progress and unity which have seen Ghana constantly inspire with its rich culture, vibrant history and robust commitment to democracy. We’re proud to sit alongside brilliant organisations such as Luminos Fund, EduSpots, Imagine Worldwide and Rising Academy Network, who are working with tireless dedication and imagination to help ensure all Ghanian youth are empowered with literacy – to power an even brighter future! 🚀📚💪🇬🇭 #independencedayghana2024

🤔 One of the most frequent questions we get at mc2h is “Can it really be true that 9 out of 10 children in Africa can't read and write by the age of 10?” 😔 Sadly that’s exactly what the “State of Learning Poverty: 2022 Update” tells us, reporting that “in Sub-Saharan Africa, 86 percent of children already suffered from learning poverty in 2019” – before the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. 💡 Drawing on authoritative data, the report was prepared and published by the World Bank, UNESCO, UNICEF, FCDO Services USAID, and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. 📚 The World Bank defines Learning Poverty as a child being unable to read and understand a simple story by the age of 10. 🌍 The average figure globally is lower: 7 out of 10 children in low- and middle-income countries are likely to be suffering from learning poverty now. But this also makes it clear we’re faced with a pressing problem of frustrated potential and lost prosperity worldwide, and not just in Africa. 💔 Which is why the report also quantifies the individual and societal losses due to illiteracy – and they’re heart-breaking. The report concludes: “Fighting this learning crisis is the challenge of our times if we do not want to lose this generation of children and youth. Investing in their education is a precondition to avoid a future negative shock to productivity, earnings, and welfare; is essential for social stability, peace, and security; is critical for building fairer societies and ensuring equality of opportunities for all; and is essential to change mindsets regarding the urgency of climate change. This is a global challenge, and a collective effort is needed to raise awareness and support national efforts.”   We thoroughly recommend a thorough read!   You can download the report here: https://lnkd.in/dHyHcFkK   #literacymatters #literacyforall #reading #africaliteracyfoundation #boostingliteracy

What an inspiring field visit to #Nigeria to see our partner Radio Schools Program in action, #boostingliteracy and inspiring a new generation of young readers, and their families, across NW Nigeria.   Thank you Maryam Y. Farouk Farouk and team, your work is an inspiration and is clearly having a powerful positive impact. #literacymatters https://lnkd.in/e5qATh8W

What better way to celebrate World Literacy Day, than to welcome a new partner to the mc2h family: the much loved African Storybook. African Storybook is an initiative of Saide, and has created an open-source digital platform of over 3000 books, in 200 African languages. They have also launched a storybook app, which allows parents and children to read storybooks even when they are offline. In particular, the foundation will be supporting African Storybook's Champion Network. This is a truly grassroots initiative where a selection of local literacy champions are given the tools and knowledge to take these digital books to their communities, and share with the people who need it most. So that children can enjoy a supply of lively, contextually-relevant, local language books to help them become the readers they deserve, and help boost literacy levels necessary for African children in the 21st century. 🌍 #literacymatters #boostingliteracy #readingforall #readingforpleasure

🌟 We are thrilled to welcome EduSpots to the mc2h family. 🤝 Why we love them: This is a community-lead initiative like no other. EduSpots unwavering commitment to fostering change through deep and longlasting community engagement is truly unique. Combine this with their educational "Spots" (reading areas for the local community), which are peppered all over Ghana, and we believe this is a unique organisation that can truly create lasting change. Thank you EduSpots and Cat Davison for everything you do 🚀📚