Kinkajou Projector Brings Literacy to Mali

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April 14, 2009 • 1:25 pm PDT
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Teaching adults to read is a difficult enough task in and of itself, but in rural Mali, teachers also face classrooms without electricity and books weathered by the punishing desert climate. Enter the Kinkajou Projector, a fusion of high and low technology that makes teaching night literacy classes as easy as ABC.

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