All Children Reading: A Grand Challenge for Development (ACR GCD) launched the Sign On For Literacy on 8 November 2017 in Budapest, Hungary during the 3rd International Conference of the World Federation of the Deaf.
The Sign On For Literacy competition is organised by All Children Reading partnered with USAID, World Vision and the Australian Government, in collaboration with the WFD, Nyle DiMarco Foundation and Deaf Child Worldwide. This competition seeks technology-based innovations to increase access to sign languages and literacy interventions for deaf children. These innovations will assist parents, educators, communities, and governments in enhancing early childhood development outcomes, improving access to local sign languages, and increasing literacy outcomes of deaf children.
The submission deadline is 16 February, 2018.