Literacy Challenge
Students Rebuild partnered with Save the Children and Global Nomads Group to improve youth reading and writing skills around the world. For each bookmark we received, the Bezos Family Foundation donated $1—up to $300,000—to Save the Children’s Literacy Boost program in Latin America, Africa and Asia.
Get Your Students Engaged
Literacy is key to a bright future.
Worldwide, 250 million children of elementary school age cannot read or write. Some students – especially girls – don’t learn to read and write because they do not attend school. For other students who attend school, they don’t have access to good books and supplies to help them become strong readers and writers. This means that millions of children around the world don’t get to unlock their dreams.
Young people around the world helped make reading accessible, and interesting.
To celebrate reading, over 1,500 teams around the world created 300,000 handmade bookmarks which Save the Children distributed to students in Malawi, Nepal and to children in the United States. These bookmarks generated a $300,000 donation from the Bezos Family Foundation to programs in Peru, Mali, and Nepal.
Reading together, learning together.
In Apurimac, Peru, Save the Children implemented a program to boost reading skills in both Spanish and native languages. Children like Abigail were supported in their love of reading with books and facilitated reading camps. The project also trained teachers, engaged the community, and created more reading opportunities for children inside and outside the classroom.
How It Works
Students Rebuild empowers young people ages 5-25 to take direct action and see firsthand how they
can make a difference. The project is adaptable and can be scaled from a single lesson to a full year. We
provide free resources to help you teach within whatever time and space you have.
1. Sign Up
Educators or youth leaders sign up their group or class for the project.
2. Explore
Use our free resources to teach students about the issue.
3. Create
Select a creative medium – visual art, writing, performance, digital media, or STEM – and have students express their ideas, thoughts, and solutions.
4. Share
Submit students’ work. Each creative work or student engaged unlocks a $5 donation to global charities, up to $1M.
5. Impact
Creative submissions help raise funds for local and global solutions.
Types Of Creative Work Accepted
Literary Arts (Short stories, essays, and poetry), Performing Arts (Dance, theater, and music), Media Arts (PSAs, films, and videos), Media Arts (PSAs, films, and videos), Visual Arts (Graphic design, drawings, paintings, photography, and memes), STEM (Robotics, digital design, and games)
Help Literacy Challenge
Help us reach our goal of raising $1M for . These organizations are working on the ground to care for the air, land, and water around us.
$300,000
Raised of $300,000 goal
333,453
Creative expressions
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Youth engaged
Learn more about the partner organizations these funds are helping support.
See what students are creating around the world
Use this map to find other teams participating in the project — the pins show where teams created their works of creative expression. Click the icons to learn how the programs you helped fund are making a difference.
Frequently Asked Questions
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