International Book Giving Day 2024
#bookgivingday 14th February 2024
Here you can find out more about organisations and charities dedicated to improving literacy and access to books for children across the globe.
Meet Rahmatu. Against all odds, she made it into secondary school, something only one in five girls do in Cameroon. Every day she takes a book home and reads to her siblings, something her parents could never do for her. Stories like Rahmatu's are made possible by the support of people like you for Book Aid International. …
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by Emily Wiech, Indigenous Literacy Foundation Can you imagine not being able to read a newspaper, a road sign or directions on a bottle of medication? Sadly, this is a reality faced by many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders living in remote Australian communities today. The Indigenous Literacy Foundation aims to raise literacy levels and improve …
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by David M. Gordon, Director of The Book Bus Foundation The Book Bus aims to improve child literacy rates in Africa, Asia and South America by providing children with books and the inspiration to read them. One in six adults around the world have come through childhood unable to read and write, a situation mainly …
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by Maya Hemant, Pratham Books Millions of children in India cannot read for two reasons: 1. their books are not in a language they understand, or 2. they are simply not affordable. This is the distance Pratham Books is committed to bridging. One of India’s largest children's book publishers, Pratham Books is a not-for-profit organization …
by Natasha Worswick, Book Aid International Book Aid International is an international charity that believes books can change lives. Each year, we strive to send as many books as we possibly can to communities in sub-Saharan Africa. There the books are vital for education, improving literacy, providing information and underpinning development. As you’ll see from …
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International Book Giving Day 2024 