Poor mothers often spend way too much time hunched over a washboard. What if they could use those hours to curl up with their kids and read a book instead? A group of friends at Oxford University plans to find out by developing a combination childhood education and laundry services center, a concept they’ve dubbed a “Libromat.”
The five team members have extensive backgrounds in childhood education, and they pooled their talents to apply for the 2015 Hult Prize, a $1 million award for young social entrepreneurs tackling some of the world’s biggest problems.
This year’s challenge: provide self-sustainable education to impoverished urban areas.
From Rinse, Spin, Read To Kids: It’s A Mashup Of Laundromat and Library : Goats and Soda : NPR
Poor mothers often spend way too much time hunched over a washboard. What if they could use those hours to curl up with their kids and read a book instead? A group of friends at Oxford University plans to find out by developing a combination childhood education and laundry services center, a concept they’ve dubbed a “Libromat.”
The five team members have extensive backgrounds in childhood education, and they pooled their talents to apply for the 2015 Hult Prize, a $1 million award for young social entrepreneurs tackling some of the world’s biggest problems.
This year’s challenge: provide self-sustainable education to impoverished urban areas.
From Rinse, Spin, Read To Kids: It’s A Mashup Of Laundromat and Library : Goats and Soda : NPR
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