Two Truro-based app producers have made it their mission to provide education to children all over the world - and have teamed up with a global literacy project to do so.

Graham and Lynn Lettice are the proud creators of Froggy Match-it, a phonics based literacy app designed to turn a mobile phone or tablet into a learning device.

The duo have now teamed up with Curious Learning, a global non-profit organisation, who are taking the app worldwide so every child can learn to read - with or without a teacher.

Tablet computers loaded with the literacy software, including Froggy Match-it, will be distributed to 'economically disadvantaged communities' around the world, to improve the early reading skills of young people.

Froggy Match-it is an educational phonics game which encourages players to match pictures with words, enabling children to learn in a fun way.

Curious Learning was created by leading researchers from MIT Media Lab and other top universities in the US including Tufts and Georgia State University, Curious Learning has a mission to transform mobile devices into a literacy solution - and aim to help 100 million children to fluent literacy by 2025.

Lynn Lettice said: "We recognise how to interactive nature of tablets and phones is ideal for learning regardless of the social, economical and geographical challenges many children face.

"Out mission is to get more children reading, and our partnership with Curious Learning is enabling Froggy Match-it to reach children around the world."

Stephanie Gottwald PhD, Co-Founder and Director of Content at Curious Learning said, "Curious Learning is changing the lives of children in Ethiopia, India and South Africa, as they learn fundamental early literacy skills and are on their way to becoming readers.

"Apps like Froggy Match-it are an indispensable part of this effort. Engaging game play around letters and sounds keep kids learning and reinforce the fundamental skills that are their first steps on the path to reading."