 When I grow up, I want to be a doctor. When I grow up, I want to be a professor. Scientist. Designer. I want to help people. Teacher. Actress. Engineer. Basketball player. Turns out kids dream big no matter where they're from. Unfortunately, where they're from makes a big difference of whether or not they'll ever realize those dreams. You see, 250 million children from around the world cannot read, write, or do basic arithmetic. Many live in developing countries without regular access to schools or teachers, and would take over 1.5 million additional teachers to meet this unserved need. It's clear this traditional approach will not scale. We simply cannot build enough schools or train enough teachers. But what if technology could help? At XPRIZE, we use incentive competitions to inspire technology that can solve our grand challenges. In 1996, we offered 10 million dollars for the first private spaceship to carry three adults to 100 kilometers altitude. One in 2004, it kicked off today's personal spaceflight revolution. Then in 2010, following the BP oil spill, our XPRIZE improved oil spill cleanup technology by 600%. Next, we launched the $10 million competition to bring the Star Trek tri-quarter to life and give us a world of health care abundance. But now, now we need your help to solve one of the most critical challenges ever, bringing literacy to hundreds of millions of kids around the world. That's why we're launching the Global Learning XPRIZE. We're challenging teams around the globe to develop tablet-based software solutions that will take any child from illiteracy to basic reading, writing, and numeracy in just 18 months. We expect hundreds, maybe thousands, of teams to enter this XPRIZE. From a thousand teams, we'll down-select to a top five finalists and test their software in Africa with 5,000 kids. 18 months later, we'll crown a winner. But perhaps best of all, the winning solution is then going to be made open source to benefit all of humanity. So far, we've raised $15 million in prize money to incentivize this future. Our goal is an expansive community supporting this vision, making sure it reaches the finishing line. Support this campaign, and you'll have access to some incredible perks. You'll have the opportunity to download a beta copy of the finalist software until 18 months before it goes open source. You can become a digital visioneer and help vote on which grand challenge the XPRIZE takes on next. Perhaps most exciting, you can sponsor an entire village and give them the gift of literacy. How many doctors, pilots, scientists, architects, and entrepreneurs will this global learning XPRIZE enable? Join us. Donate and share this message. Help us empower young minds everywhere.