OUR STORY
2014
- Initial development and testing
2015
- Founded by Andrew Kay, CEO and Founder of the World Literacy Foundation
2016
Pilot stage begins in Gulu, Uganda.
Training school teachers in Gulu, Uganda
2017
- Programs established in Uganda
- Partnership NCDC (National Curriculum Development Centre)
- Development of literacy content creation with local teachers.
2018
- Partnership with Backup Uganda
- Partnership with Saide and African Storybook initiative
- Starting implementation in Zimbabwe
- Registration of Sun Books in Uganda as a foreign NGO
2019
- Shine on Foundation becomes sponsor of Sun Books
- Reached +600 e-books and activities
- Partnership with Resurge Children East Africa- Kenya
- Partnership with the Dream School Foundation-Nigeria
- Tobias Harris becomes notable sponsor of Sun Books
- Starting implementation in Jinja and Kayunga districts in Uganda.
2020
- Partnership South Africa- University of Pretoria
- Evaluation stage
- Partnership with Kapunda Sister’s Guyana
- Partnership with Resurge Children East Africa- Kenya
Piloting Sun Books in Kenya - New literacy content created with local teachers.
Our Mission
To provide educational resources to children in regional and remote communities through the use of sustainable, solar-powered technology.
Our Vision
Our vision is to see a world where all children in isolated classrooms can read and write.
Our Values
- Human centered design
- Preserving local language and culture
- Evidence-based approach
- Empowering children through literacy
- Breaking the poverty cycle
- Outcomes-based education
Our People
Staff Members
Favourite childhood book:
The Cat in the Hat
Favourite childhood book:
The three little pigs
Favourite childhood book: Nelson’s New West Indian Readers
Favourite childhood book:
Janet And John school readers
Favourite childhood book: Nelson’s New West Indian Readers
Favourite childhood book:
The Last Leaf
Favourite childhood book: Charlotte’s Web By E.B White
Favourite childhood book: Around the World in Eighty days
Favourite childhood book:
Matilda
Favourite childhood book:
The Red Pencil
Favourite childhood book: The Little Prince
Favourite childhood book: Sungura na Kobe (the Hare and Tortoise), Amazing Race
Board Members
Our Partners
Contact us
AUSTRALIA
Tel: +61 03 9995 0079
ABN: 33 940 354 008
Incorporated Association No: A0055790R DGR
USA
UK & EUROPE
SOUTH AMERICA
AFRICA
Tel: + 256 785 235776
Charity No. FORR139122056NB