[opportunities] Fw: ACR Round 2- Funding opportunities for Child literacy initiatives for those interested
Nguyen Thi Yen Ha
nguyen_thi_yen_ha at wvi.org
Thu Oct 3 09:42:03 ICT 2013
Dear Opportunity admin,
Could you please circulate this funding opportunities for child literacy?
Thoese interested in the funding, please follow instruction in the mail of
World Vision Vietnam leaders below?
Thanks,
Nguyen Thi Yen Ha
National Education Coordinator
Tel: (84)-54-829 407 - 0914 237 486
5 Tran Thuc Nhan-Hue
www.worldvision.org.vn
Hello friends,
Please see below an update on the current state of World Vision's
involvement with the All Children Reading Grand Challenge initiative.
SDOs, please pass on the message below to your respective National
Directors for their information.
World Vision's investment in the All Children Reading Grand Challenge (ACR
GC) is yielding results and will ultimately impact our goal of children
being "educated for life." Several of our National Offices are already
exploring ways to incorporate our partner grantee's innovated approaches
into other ADPs. This partnership with USAID and AusAID has greatly
strengthened our relationships at an agency level and has also opened new
doors for our National Directors to engage with their local USAID and
AusAID missions/posts. We trust that you will take advantage of this
unique opportunity. Included in this email is the ACR Round 1 grantee
name, country and management entity (attached at end of message). We
encourage you not only to meet with USAID and AusAID in-country, but to
also reach out to other ACR-funded projects to learn more about what they
are doing. If you would like the name of any grantee point of contact
and/or USAID Education Advisor in country, please contact Rebecca Leege,
ACR Grants Officer.
With nearly one year underway in Round 1, the ACR Partners have expanded
their focus and launched a second competitive funding round. Round 2 will
have a greater focus on the use of technology to advance early grade
reading programs, with the primary focus on improving literacy in the
first three years of primary education through science and tech-based
improvements in teaching/learning materials and the quality/accessibility
of educational data. Round 2 will focus on four key areas: language of
instruction, educational data, community engagement and disability. A
unique aspect of Round 2 is that, in addition to a general grant
competition, the ACR GC will be launching several prize challenges. We
hope to stimulate new innovations through this approach. An initial
announcement has been placed on grants.gov (
http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/search-grants.html?keywords=All Children
Reading). WV National Offices are unable to access funding for the prize
challenges and grant competitions, as this would represent a conflict of
interest; however, I strongly encourage you to advise your network to
engage in this funding opportunity, particularly groups that may not have
previously worked with the ACR GC. Please feel free to share the
announcement below with your partners in country. As before, partners
who seek funding would be requested to work with WV National offices and
work in our ADP areas in order to maximize our contribution to the
well-being of children that we already serve and we have an opportunity to
learn from them.
USAID, AusAID, and World Vision (US and Australia) anticipate launching a
second competitive funding round for the All Children Reading Grand
Challenge for Development (www.allchildrenreading.org) in Fall 2013, which
will focus on innovative uses of technology to advance the impact, scale
and/or sustainability of early grade reading programs. The anticipated
funding options and themes will include A) a grant competition and B)
prizes to address early grade reading challenges, likely related to
language of instruction, data, community engagement, and disability. The
All Children Reading Grand Challenge for Development is one of several
Grand Challenges for Development (www.usaid.gov/grandchallenges) which
USAID is supporting with a variety of international stakeholders. The
Grand Challenges model is designed to inspire passionate and creative
solutions to problems that have not been effectively addressed by
traditional approaches. With a focus on robust, relevant, cost-effective,
and scalable solutions grounded in Science and Technology, a Grand
Challenge is an opportunity to foster new ideas, engage new actors, and
advance innovation across the globe.
One last update is that World Vision US, on behalf of the ACR GC Partners,
has been asked to be the Fund Manager for Round 2. As the Round 2 Fund
Manager, WV will provide appropriate coordination, support and management
of the ACR Round 2 prizes, open calls and corresponding grants with the
final details being worked out this month. This is a similar role to the
one USAID formerly held in Round 1. Overall, this is a reflection of WV's
professionalism in partnership with these agencies as well as the level of
technical expertise it provides to ACR GC.
For additional information on the ACR GC, please reference the WV Central
webpage devoted to the ACR GC (
https://www.wvcentral.org/community/edu/Pages/AllChildrenReading.aspx), or
http://www.allchildrenreading.org./
For all inquiries and/or assistance related to ACR, please contact Rebecca
Leege at rleege at worldvision.org.
Thank you again for your support in this Partnership initiative.
Sincerely,
Jai
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