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Project description
This project is for children and youth to help them develop an interest in reading and writing and introduce them to the wonderful world of books through which they will be exposed to fantasies, new ideas, values etc.

The project started in 2000 when we observed the weak reading skills of the children and young adults in the area where the Center is located, specially of the children in poor rural villages. Since then we have done a variety of activities related to improving their reading and writing skills.

Recently the project started to take more shape thanks to funding received from CENAL (National Book Center). At the moment the project is being implemented in 2 villages: la Guairita, 75 families, and Madre Vieja, 60 families. In each village one mother has a small library of children´s books lent to her by the Center. Once a week she goes door to door, talks to the children and to the adults in the house who read to their children and have them choose another book. Every month we do a collective activity with all the children in the village which include story reading, painting, drama etc.

Funding requested for this project:
We want to expand the program to the school of another village: Los Galpones, 150 families, involving hereby the teachers and the parents. The center will facilitate story books to the teachers from preschool up to sixth grade and give workshops about the tremendous benefits of reading aloud to young children as well as older children. The program will include drawing, drama and opportunities for children to write and illustrate their own books.

Didi Ananda Sadhana
Directora Centro MADRE
Carretera Mamporal – San José de Barlovento, Estado Miranda
Teléfonos. 0234.514.56.63 / 0234.511.85.49/0416.400.36.28
Email:anandasadhana@yahoo.com

BUDGET FOR THE PROJECT:

The project has the following purposes:

• To strengthen the reading skills of 5th grade students in the neighboring village school of Los Galpones by applying creative methods.
• To develop the students’ self esteem and improve their academic skills.
• To introduce Neohumanist Education to the school in a way that can be replicated in other schools.       

Click here for the Progress report

Update (April 2009): the
Foundation has wired US$1,000 to the project. The rest of the funds
were secured through other funding agencies. Thanks to all those who
contributed.

This is a request for $2,100 to expand the reading project in Barlovento to a school in a neighboring village. This amount covers a small salary for a facilitator and the rest is for material such as books, paper, paint etc.

Below is the message from the Project Director:

The story reading program: On a regular base the Center lends children’s books to the parents of La Guairita and Madre Vieja to read to their young children. The purpose is to stimulate reading and writing, teach values and to create positive attention activities between parents and their children
Finances are needed for good parenting workshops for the parents, to buy good children story books and other related materials and to pay a full time intern to expand to other villages.

More details of the whole project can be found here - Reading
Project, Venezuela

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