Foundational learning platform

Can't Wait
to Learn.

Literacy and numeracy for children whose schooling is interrupted — proven in conflict, climate and fragile settings.

400,000+ learners
8 countries
Works offline
Game 1/10
Ages 6–12
Simple subtraction
Which number is missing?
8 −= 3
Sofia, the learning guide
GOVERNMENTS

Curriculum-aligned. Built to hand over.

PARTNERS

Drop-in learning component for programmes.

The ambition

400,000 children have learnt with Can't Wait to Learn. We're building for 5 million.

5M+
400,000+

Children reached to date

8

Countries, across conflict and displacement

1 RCT

Plus quasi-experimental studies in 4 countries

$5–30

Cost per child, per year

Built for disruption

Built for the hardest conditions. Works everywhere.

Fragile & low-resource

Underfunded systems, overcrowded classrooms

Low-cost devices, offline use, light-touch rollout.

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Conflict

Proven in active conflict settings

Schools close, teachers move, connectivity fails. It still runs.

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In practice — fragile & low-resource

Learning that holds in systems under pressure.

Chronic underfunding, teacher shortages and overcrowded classrooms. Built for low-cost devices, offline use and light-touch rollout.

100%

of content runs offline

$5–30

cost per child, per year

1 : 4

learners supported at the same time

3 h

facilitator training to start

Chronic underfunding

Device agnostic systems allowing the game to work on devices parents & schools actually have. No servers, no per-learner licences.

Teacher shortages

Facilitator-led, not teacher-dependent. Community facilitators onboard in hours.

Overcrowded classrooms

Each child works at their own level in rotating shared-device sessions.

Inside the learning system

More than an app — a complete offline kit

We procure and configure devices, headphones and software for each setting, then co-design the game itself with the children who'll use it.

Protected tablets

Locked to safe learning tools, configured before delivery.

Headphones & power

Chargers, cases and transport boxes for shared classroom use.

Offline software

Lessons, feedback and progress continue with no live connection.

Local support

Facilitator training, maintenance and ongoing improvement.

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Co-created in every country

Children shape the world they learn in

Workshops with children explore language, daily life and national curricula — and, working with trauma-aware researchers, which colours, objects, sounds and symbols feel safe or carry difficult associations. The result: one game engine, a different visual world for every country.

Sudanese workshop — children testing the game in a classroom
Sudanese workshop
Ukrainian workshop — a girl sketching new character designs
Ukrainian workshop
The games

One learning model, different visual worlds

Jordan edition — writing numbers
Jordan · writing numbers
Lebanon edition — hundred grid in Arabic
Lebanon · hundred grid
Ukraine edition — subtraction with number keypad
Ukraine · subtraction
Sudan edition — counting passengers on a bus
Sudan · counting
The characters

A guide who looks like the children they teach

Every country gets its own pair of guides — one for reading, one for maths — drawn from workshops with children held in each country.

Lebanon
Lebanon reading guide
Reading
Lebanon maths guide
Maths
Jordan
Jordan reading guide
Reading
Jordan maths guide
Maths
Chad
Chad reading guide
Reading
Chad maths guide
Maths
Sudan
Sudan reading guide
Reading
Sudan maths guide
Maths
Uganda
Uganda reading guide
Reading
Uganda maths guide
Maths
Try a public version

"Can't Wait to Learn" — Ukraine

Free primary maths and reading games. Download once, keep learning offline.

Accessibility by design

Clear enough to use. Calm enough to continue.

Built toward WCAG 2.2, extended with child-centred, trauma-aware design.

Hear it

Spoken guidance and sound cues support emerging readers.

See it

Legible type and strong contrast; meaning never rests on colour alone.

Reach it

Large, consistently placed controls, sized for children's motor skills.

Feel safe

Predictable flows and locally tested symbols reduce emotional load.

Two pathways

We deploy at scale with governments and implementing partners.

Governments & ministries

Integrates into national education systems

Curriculum-aligned, government-owned, designed to hand over.

Government model
Implementing partners

Deploy inside existing programmes

We bring the platform, evidence and support. You bring the context.

Partner model
How a deployment runs
01

Scope & align

Map to national curriculum and learning goals.

02

Localise content

Language, voice and context adaptation.

03

Train facilitators

Teachers and community facilitators onboarded.

04

Measure & hand over

Learning data, then transfer to the system.

Partners & funders

Trusted by governments, backed by leading organisations in the sector.

Ministry of Education and Science of UkraineUNHCRUNICEFEdTech HubStanfordSave the Children
From the field

Latest insights

All insights
Research and development at War Child Alliance
Evidence

What evidence backed Ukraine's handover to government

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War Child team event
From the team

Can't Wait to Learn Ukraine is now government-owned

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Child learning on a tablet with headphones
Field notes

How peer-reviewed research shapes Can't Wait to Learn

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Get in touch

Bring Can't Wait to Learn to your context.

Tell us about your context. A member of the partnerships team replies within three working days.

No commitment — an orientation call first
We share the evidence pack and cost model
Then a scoping plan for your setting

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