Sunbooks give a class of children the joy of reading and a love. At sun books, we are bringing together innovative technology to educational e books, activities and locally relevant educational content to. Organising and displaying your books 29 caring for books 30 getting rwanda reading 32 the rwandan childrens book initiative 34 acknowledgements 35 contents this guide has been produced by the rwandan childrens book initiative, a project of save the children. A history of popup books, books with interchangeable figures and other novelty books for children, featuring many examples, mostly from the national library of. Endline evaluation of rwandan childrens book initiative. Global book alliance coorganizes global sprint to translate childrens. Established in 1919, childrens book week is the longestrunning national literacy initiative in the country. At sun books, we are bringing together innovative technology to educational ebooks, activities and locally relevant educational content to. New yorkgeneva, 2 april 2020 muchloved childrens authors are joining an initiative to read extracts of their books to millions of children.
Ipa, who and unicef launch read the world on international. Bringing the outside world to the worlds children unicef. The rwanda children s book initiative, rcbi started two years ago as a pilot project aimed at supporting publishers to produce high quality, age appropriate, kinyarwanda children s books for. This program was piloted with support from the innovation for education fund, a partnership between the governments of rwanda and the uk, managed by cambridge education the rwandan childrens book initiative rcbi supports the writing, publication and wide distribution of kinyarwanda childrens books with a focus on primary. It also aimed at improving teachers skills, knowledge and confidence to use the books in support of literacy acquisition. Kinyarwanda childrens book initiative paying off the. Books with beautiful images are also great way to introduce a baby to the world and to hopefully entice them to fall in love with reading early on. Today she is the national coordinator of the rwandan childrens book initiative working with the local publishing industry, to make better books, which are accessible and affordable to every rwandan child under the age of nine. Save the children rwanda childrens book initiative, ibaba. The vision calls on business schools to embed sustainability, ethics, and corporate. In 2020, childrens book week will enjoy two dedicated weeks of celebration.
The rwanda childrens book initiative, rcbi started two years ago as a pilot project aimed at supporting publishers to produce high quality, age appropriate, kinyarwanda childrens books for schools. We are solving the imbalance in childrens book creation and distribution, so all children can read and. Governments of rwanda and the uk, save the children in rwanda began implementation activities for the rwandans children book initiative rcbi in may of 20 to support publishers to produce high quality, age appropriate, kinyarwanda childrens books and to. The ultimate aim of the project was to improve literacy skills and learning outcomes for young children in the first years.
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