With support from ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ, weโ€™ve partnered with ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต to bring ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฑ โ€” starting in communities where only 1 in 10 families owns a book, and itโ€™s rarely a childrenโ€™s book.

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜?
๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด.
We put books ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—น๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ โ€” and give them practical training on ๐˜„๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ stories, pictures, words and create bonding moments, and boost brain development through book-sharing.

๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ , you see it in the s๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ when a parent takes time to read with them. That moment is the beginning of a lifelong love for learning.

 

This is another ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ง๐—˜๐—–๐—˜๐—– ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ โ€” and weโ€™re just getting started.
This is TECEC in action: ๐—ฎ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† โ€” ensuring every child gets the best start in life.

๐—๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜‚๐˜€. ๐—™๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ. ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ. ๐—•๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜†.