Halving learning poverty for five million children in five years.
We fund education programs already proven to teach children to read, then help governments in fragile states take them over and pay for them.
Primary classroom, Kenya
89% of 10-year-olds in Sub-Saharan Africa can't read and understand a simple text. We back the programs proven to change that, and stay until governments can run them on their own.
Source: World Bank, UNESCO et al., The State of Global Learning Poverty: 2022 Update
What a year of school costs per child
$18,000
High-income countries, average public spending per student per year
~$200
Low-income countries, average public spending per student per year
~$20
Programs 5in5 backs: structured pedagogy, teacher coaching, and real-time data in public schools
Across the 15 providers in our portfolio, the reach-weighted average is $12 per learner per year.
How a program moves from philanthropy to public budgets
- 01
Philanthropic risk capital
Early funding to de-risk proven programs before governments adopt them.
- 02
De-risking
Piloting at scale and independently checking learning gains and unit costs.
- 03
Government co-investment
Governments adopt the program and fund it through public budgets.
- 04
Systemic scale
Government-owned, publicly financed, and sustainable.
Philanthropy pays for the proof and the early growth. Governments pay for the long run. We manage the handover.
How it worksIt has worked before, in Rwanda
Rwanda's government invested about $50 million over four years to bring a proven program into its public primary schools. It now aims to reach every public primary school by 2030.
Source: 5in5 Impact Alliance, Priority Pipeline, March 2026
- 853,000
- students
- 760
- schools
- ~$50M
- government investment over four years
Every number, traced to its source
The Learning Impact Atlas compares education providers on learning gains, cost per learner, and the strength of each study. Every figure links to the evaluation it came from.
- 15
- approved providers
- 27
- countries
- 7.9M
- children reached each year
- $12
- average cost per learner per year
As of November 2026. Reach is direct and annual, from each program's most recent reported year.
Amira Learning · ARED · Educational Initiatives · EIDU · HPPI · Imagine Worldwide · Madhi Foundation · NewGlobe · PLANE · Reach to Teach · Rising Academies · Speed Schools · Taleemabad · TaRL Africa · VVOB
Explore the AtlasLet's talk about where this could go next.
Funders, governments, providers, and researchers each have a way in.
Partner with usSources
- World Bank, UNESCO et al., The State of Global Learning Poverty: 2022 Update
- 5in5 Learning Impact Atlas, November 2026
- 5in5 Impact Alliance, Priority Pipeline, March 2026