Aaron Friedland

Aaron Friedland is a National Geographic Explorer, Founder of Simbi and Simbi Foundation, Development Practitioner, and PhD Candidate. His research in the field of Econometrics is focused on the intersection of economics and education, and his research based interventions have supported over 40,000 learners in Uganda and India to access education and improve their literacy rates, literacy being the number one predictor of academic success. Friedland is currently collaborating with the UNHCR to bring these literacy interventions to the Bidibidi and Nakivale Refugee settlements in Uganda which combined are home to more than 450,000 people.