AWARD YEAR
2015
CATEGORY
Play & Learning
GOALS
Quality Education
KEYWORDS
distribution, e-learning, inequality
COUNTRY
Canada
DESIGNED BY
Tariq Fancy
WEBSITE
http://www.rumie.org/
Rumie
Bringing free digital educational content to the world’s underprivileged children.
All children are equally capable of learning. Unfortunately, unequal access to education impacts one billion children worldwide and leaves them behind in a global economy that is increasingly knowledge-based.
Educational materials, ranging from books and lectures to exercises and even games, are shifting to free digital tools. If one has a device and an internet connection, it’s possible to learn almost anything for free online.
Rumie is a movement of people working to bring this wealth of free information to underprivileged children worldwide. Resource-constrained and offline communities should not struggle to replicate educational systems from 20 years ago. Rumie helps them leap directly to the 21st century.