Literacy in a digital world. Prizes 2017

 

 

Launch of Call for Applications and Nominations 2017.

 

Since 1967, UNESCO International Literacy Prizes have rewarded excellence and innovation in the field of literacy. Over 470 projects have been recognized. Laureates include governments, NGOs and individuals from around the world.

The Prizes confer both international recognition and a monetary award.

 

FIVE awards: $20,000 each, a silver medal and a certificate for the each of the five recipients.

 

Deadline for Nominations: 14 June 2017. Results will be announced august 2017 and award ceremony september.

Small, easy and cheap

The best idea for access to computing world is to simplify the device. That enables a billion of people to buy and use electronics and the new world. Matt Diallo have thought about it and created a computer with existing components and peripherals. The easiest thing was to use the current TV set at home and a double core processor with standard hard drive. The result is a kind of bubble with enough abilities to surf the web and open the culture to many famillies.