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2024 Global Learning Challenge

Yeti Confetti for Refugees

An AI-powered Learning Companion teaching English, Math and Social-Emotional skills to out-of-school refugee children in Lebanon.

Team Leader
Alexandra Chen
An AI-powered Learning Companion teaching English, Math and Social-Emotional skills to out-of-school refugee children in Lebanon.

Solution Pitch

 

The Problem

Thirteen years into Syria's conflict, over 2,000,000 Syrian refugee children displaced in neighbouring countries are deprived of education, and 1.3 million are at risk of dropping out. Socioeconomic crises heighten these challenges, leading to child labour and early marriages, risking a lost generation without access to innovative educational interventions.

The Solution

Yeti Confetti for Refugees is an AI-Personalized Learning Companion designed for early childhood education, targeting out-of-school refugee children. It teaches English, Math, and Socio-Emotional Skills through a dynamic, contextually appropriate intervention powered by "three brains and a heart":

1. AI Tutor: Generates interactive, step-by-step activities, tailored to the child's language and learning needs, building literacy and numeracy skills.
2. AI Librarian: Curates 800+ teacher-approved resources, providing real-time, personalized learning materials like songs, audiobooks, and videos.
3. AI Physician: Ensures healthy screen time with breaks every 20 minutes, promoting cognitive and visual well-being.

Yeti, the heart of our solution, fosters a growth mindset, encouraging resilience and positive self-talk. This AI-powered tool adapts to each child’s pace, offering a personalized curriculum and engaging parents and teachers with progress updates, ensuring holistic, effective education for refugee children who can't attend school regularly.

Stats

The Yeti Confetti Kids App has served 15,000 children with 160,000 minutes of lessons; Yeti Confetti for Refugees has been tested with 15 children to date

What is the name of your organization?
Lirvana Labs
What is the name of your solution?
Yeti Confetti for Refugees
Provide a one-line summary or tagline for your solution.
An AI-powered Learning Companion teaching English, Math and Social-Emotional skills to out-of-school refugee children in Lebanon.
In what city, town, or region is your solution team headquartered?
Menlo Park
In what country is your solution team headquartered?
United States
What type of organization is your solution team?
For-Profit
Film your elevator pitch.
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What specific problem are you solving?
Globally, millions of children, especially refugees and multilingual learners, cannot fully access the language of instruction. From Syrian refugee communities to the Bronx, students are disproportionately under-supported and fall behind. 6 in 10 teachers lack the time and tools to differentiate effectively. Educators are overwhelmed by disconnected tools.
What is your solution?
Lirvana Labs’ AI Mission Control (formerly Yeti Confetti for Refugees) is a multilingual, teacher-in-the-loop AI platform designed to close learning gaps for refugee and historically underserved students. Our platform integrates three core capabilities into one cohesive system: 1. Multi-Modal AI Learning Companion delivering interactive reading, writing, speaking, and listening practice with bilingual oral support in 70+ languages, enabling learners to build literacy, numeracy, and English proficiency simultaneously. 2. AI Teacher Copilot that analyzes real-time student performance to identify learning gaps, recommend targeted interventions, generate differentiated lesson plans, and draft feedback, reducing teacher workload while increasing instructional precision. 3. Data-to-Action Infrastructure that integrates with school systems, translating classroom evidence into clear, equity-focused insights for educators and school leaders. Grounded in human oversight, the platform builds academic skills alongside confidence, growth mindset, and learner agency. What began in refugee learning centers in Lebanon now supports district-scale implementation across the U.S. and internationally.
Who does your solution serve, and in what ways will the solution impact their lives?
We serve refugee and multilingual learners, including Syrian refugee students in Lebanon and high-MLL districts such as the Bronx, NYC, where many students speak a language other than English at home. Our solution enables children to access grade-level instruction while strengthening both home-language comprehension and English development, resulting in accelerated academic growth and increased classroom confidence. We support teachers working in high-need environments by transforming fragmented student data into actionable instructional decisions. Educators gain time back, improve differentiation, and feel more equipped to meet diverse learner needs without cognitive overload. At the systems level, districts and ministries use our equity-centered analytics to identify opportunity gaps early and deploy targeted support. Families receive visibility into student progress, fostering stronger home–school alignment. Together, we are building scalable AI infrastructure that ensures refugee, multilingual, and low-income learners are not left behind, whether in humanitarian contexts or major public education systems.

Organization Type: 

Nonprofit

Headquarters: 

West Beqaa, Jeb Jennine, Lebanon

Stage: 

Pilot

Working In: 

Lebanon

Current Full-Time Employees:

9

Website:

www.jusoor.ngo


Solution Team:
Alexandra Chen
Alexandra Chen
Interim Executive Director and Trustee