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Thank you for donating.TRANSCRIPT
Each week we receive letters from East African teachers thanking READ for sending them books. We want to take this opportunity to pass on their thanks. Your book donation has a direct impact on the education of hundreds of thousands of students, giving them the tools they need to create change in their world. Collecting books from schools is 1 of 3 ways we work with schools in the UK. Take a look inside to find out more about how we could work together in the future.
Your books...
5 years 564,000 books
Hundreds of thousands of students. In the last 5 years READ has taken over 560,000 books to schools in East Africa, reaching hundreds of thousands of students. Our volunteers personally distribute the books and work together with the schools to put them to best use. In 2010 with the help of UK schools we will send 300,000 textbooks to 300 schools in Tanzania and Uganda. Alongside East African students we will also refurbish 15 school libraries, creating an engaging reading environment for study and leisure.
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Option 1
Alongside one-off book collections we also provide schools with a permanent Drop Box so throughout the year your school can collect books you no longer need. Once your Drop Box is full, just get in touch and we will pick up your donation. Donating disused books to READ not only provides valuable learning tools to East African schools, it also means you can dispose of your books in a sustainable way.
Book collections
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Fundraising opportunities
Global Citizenship School Speakers
We see a world where young global citizens achieve development
through the power of education.
...help us to realise it ” Option 2 Fundraise
At READ we rely on the money raised by our generous supporters. Schools can help by organising one-off fundraising events or by making READ their Charity of the Year. 50p sends one book to East Africa; £392 sends textbooks to a whole school and £1975 refurbishes and fills an entire school library! So you can see that any donation, no matter how big or small, really makes a difference.
Our volunteers can come in to your school to give an assembly, run a workshop or work with your students for a full day. These activities give your students further insight into READ’s work and help them to see how they can play an active part in their global community. Our workshops are tailored to the Citizenship syllabus and are delivered by our READ and Oxfam trained volunteers.
Option 3 School Speakers
Option 1. To request a free textbook collection please email:
Option 2 or 3. To find out more about fundraising, or to request a School Speaker, please email:
Or call us on:
020 3031 9116
For more information about READ International please visit our website:
www.readinternational.org.uk
“We thank READ International for realizing our major problem...lack of books in our school.”
Headmaster, Chenge Secondary School, Shinyanga, Tanzania.
“Our students have gained a new momentum and have proven the subjects easy to understand since we started to use the books.”
Headmaster, Karenge Secondary School, Tanga,
Tanzania.
“I have been working with READ International for 3 years...the workshop was a really valuable addition to our KS3 Citizenship programme...we will certainly be inviting them back.”
Work Related Learning Co-ordinator, Alcester High School, Warwickshire, UK.
“READ International came to my school, Saba Saba, first with books and then to make a new library. Our teacher was very pleased with the books and my friends liked reading them in class. The old library was dark, dirty and usually closed…Now there are new books and the library is good to work in. I have somewhere to do my homework before I start my chores in the evening.”
Student, Saba Saba Secondary School, Mtwara, Tanzania.
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READ International, a company limited by guarantee in England and Wales, company number 6317982. Registered Charity number 1128534. Registered address: 37 Albert Embankment, London, SE1 7TL