Going Nationwide
All photos taken during Reading Caravan events. We are happy to announce that we are embarking on a nationwide book distribution through Reading Caravan. This is quite ambitious but will need all the support you could give, especially colorful children's' books. The children beneficiaries during RC opened their books immediately, with thirst for knowledge seen in their faces. Some of them were known to have reading problems as all public schools conduct a pre-post school year reading assessment. But with the eagerness in their eyes, the problem is not them but access. They do not even know how to open and flip the book pages properly. Philippine Literacy Right Now The situation right now in Philippine public schools is that all books are printed of black ink on newsprint pages. Gone are the colorful hardbound pages the 70s children experienced. These books today are dog-eared if not completely useless bound by packaging & scotch tapes for years of tear...