The author of the pre-school storybook, "The Case of the Missing Animals", has generously donated 2,520 copies of her book. Here's how they're being distributed:
1. CARE CHANNELS INT'L
2. SINDA
3. Beyond Social Services
4. Child at Street 11
The donation is bound to bring smiles to the faces of thousands of children as well as contribute to their education!
1. CARE CHANNELS - 1590 books
Care Channels has educational
programmes in East Timor, Indonesia, Pakistan and The Philippines.
Books are being shipped now to each location in the following
quantities:
Lahore : 120
Batam : 120
Jakarta : 120
East Timor : 120
China : 60
The Philippines :1050
Davao : 150
Manila : 600
Cebu : 150
MSU : 150
2. SINDA, the Singapore Indian Development Association, runs a programme called "Project Read" which gives Indian children a better start in school by equipping them with basic English reading skills, as well as inculcating the reading habit in them at an early age. SINDA has requested and will receive 600 books.
3. Beyond Social Services will provide a book to each of the 100 preschoolers attending its programmes and will liaise with low-income families and children's homes to distribute additional copies. BSS will receive 285 books.
4. Child at Street 11 educates and helps young children from
low-income and dysfunctional families break out of the poverty cycle
in one generation. Child at Street 11 will receive 45 books.
We
have requested photos from each organisation and will share them as they come in.
I would also like to recognise and thank Care Channels for their logistical assistance (not to mention
temporarily filling their office with books while arranging overseas
transport)!
The donation is bound to bring smiles to the faces of thousands of children as well as contribute to their education!
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