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Basel, Switzerland (02 May 2016) - Speaksli, a unique video platform for learning languages, launched its first crowdfunding campaign this week. The campaign is designed to fund the localization of animated language instruction videos into Arabic-to-English, Arabic-to-German, and Arabic-to-Turkish versions.

The growing refugee crisis has propelled a staggering number of immigrants into foreign lands. The EU reported approximately 1.3M asylum claims in Europe in 2015. In 2015 and early 2016, more than one million refugees were counted in Germany’s “EASY” counting system for registering immigrants. Today, the UN estimates that Turkey hosts more than 1.7M refugees. Given immigration on this scale, the rapid and low-cost acquisition of language skills serves as one of the most essential early steps toward successful cultural integration and the obtainment of gainful employment by new immigrants.

Without basic language skills, foreigners face social isolation and financial roadblocks that lead to setbacks in personal and professional growth, as well as to huge governmental cost burdens. These social and economic problems call for an innovative solution to address a basic human need to communicate via a free, accessible, and contextually-relevant technology platform to teach languages.

Speaksli, an animated video platform developed by an immigrant living in Switzerland to teach herself language skills, is the perfect free platform for teaching German, Turkish and English to refugees to help improve their quality of life and help them find jobs to feed themselves and their families. With 750,000 video views in 196 countries, and a growing base of downloads of the free app, Speaksli combines real-world approaches to learning languages with practical yet entertaining educational content.

Funds donated to this campaign will be used specifically to source Arabic voiceovers and language translations of content designed and re-purposed to facilitate lifestyle and cultural integration for immigrants in Germany, Turkey, the U.S. and the U.K. The funds raised will be equally apportioned between localizing 50 existing free videos and designing all-new video series to ease the language-related struggles of refugees settling in new countries. To support this Speaksli crowdfunding campaign to help refugees either through direct contributions or by helping to spread the word, please visit http://gofundme.com/speaksli1.

About Speaksli
Speaksli develops engaging animated language instruction videos to help learners quickly develop confidence and proficiency in a new language at their own pace. The company’s aim is to create simple, affordable and accessible technology solutions to reduce the frustration of learning a new language and adjusting to a new culture. Ultimately, Speaksli hopes to promote international understanding and obviate the development of social conflicts by facilitating language proficiency and communication across cultures. Speaksli’s founder, Elizabeth Clark, has experience working in Training and Development for Dell Europe, as well as the communications department at the United States White House. She holds an M.B.A. from The Harvard Business School and consults regularly for leading cloud computing and web services companies in the areas of strategy and digital marketing.

Press Contact:
Elizabeth Clark
Founder
http://www.speaksli.com
[email protected]

Please enter contact requests at http://www.speaksli.com/contactus.html or in the free Speaksli app.

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