Completed programme · 2024–2025
The campaign that began the continental journey.
Dyslexia Project 500 was created to take dyslexia awareness to 500 primary schools in Africa. It was Dyslexia Project Africa’s first major school awareness campaign.
Campaign figures reported in the Second Anniversary Impact Report, September 2026.
The campaign
Dyslexia awareness, school by school.
Launched in September 2024, Project 500 set out to bring awareness into primary schools. Volunteers took part in school outreach and sessions, while teachers and parents were part of the wider learning conversation.
The campaign reached 524 primary schools and educated more than 27,000 pupils about dyslexia.
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Where Project 500 reached
Five countries, one shared effort.
The completed campaign reached schools in Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Malawi and Kenya.
NigeriaGhanaCameroonMalawiKenya
Campaign milestones
A school campaign that grew beyond its initial goal.
The figures and dates below are taken from DPA’s anniversary report.
Project 500 launches
DPA’s first major school awareness campaign begins.
Awareness reaches schools
Volunteers and country leads help bring sessions into participating schools.
Project 500 is completed
524 primary schools and more than 27,000 pupils reached.
Community seminars
Seminars for parents, teachers and communities are held across five countries.
Lessons from the campaign
Schools are a practical place to begin.
Project 500’s reach—524 primary schools across five countries—demonstrated the scale that school-based awareness can achieve. The report highlights schools as the right place to start, volunteers as central to expanding reach, and teachers as an important part of awareness sessions.
These are programme-level lessons described in DPA’s report. It does not publish a separate evaluation of outcomes by school or country.
See how Project 1000 continues the workTake the next step
Carry school awareness into the next chapter.
Work with Dyslexia Project Africa to bring awareness, inclusion and educational opportunity to more schools and communities.