𝗕𝗜𝗚 𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦: 𝗔 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 – 𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝗯𝘆 𝗔𝗴𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝘃𝗲 in Tanzania

With support from 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱, we’ve partnered with 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗱𝗮𝘀𝗵 to bring 𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝗮𝗻𝘇𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗮 𝗯𝘆 𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝟱 — starting in communities where only 1 in 10 families owns a book, and it’s rarely a children’s book.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁?
𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴.
We put books 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀 — and give them practical training on 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 stories, pictures, words and create bonding moments, and boost brain development through book-sharing.

𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲 , you see it in the s𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱 when a parent takes time to read with them. That moment is the beginning of a lifelong love for learning.

This is another 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗧𝗘𝗖𝗘𝗖 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 — and we’re just getting started.
This is TECEC in action: 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝗯𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 — ensuring every child gets the best start in life.

𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀. 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱. 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲. 𝗕𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆.