Friday 21 June 2013

Yellobric

My friend Gavin Paterson is doing some really interesting charity work over in Africa, it really helps to hit home how much we take our education and resources in the UK for granted....

ABOUT

'Yellobric was set up in 2011 with the motive of enabling sustainable, longterm economic growth through the use of modern technology in education in the developing World. Their main objective is to enrich the lives of thousands of school children in sub-Saharan Africa, many of whom have never had the educational materials to achieve literacy. Leveraging modern technology, they deliver educational texts in a low-cost and sustainable manner to where they are needed most....'

To read more about Yellobric, click on the link below:

http://www.yellobric.com

You can also hear Gavin being interviewed via the Guardian podcast along with several other philanthropists who are all working towards the same goals: 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sustainable-business/technology-digital-empower-children-developing-world-podcast

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