For the Centenary of Rotary in Australia, DG Philip and partner Judy have chosen to support the Indigenous Literacy Foundation as a project for the Rotary Clubs of District 9780 to support.
The Indigenous Literacy Foundation is dedicated to lifting the literacy levels in remote Indigenous communities, so all children across Australia have the same choices and opportunities.
Reading and writing are the basic skills everyone needs to help them learn and provide opportunities for their future. Literacy and basic education is one of Rotary’s seven areas of focus. The Indigenous Literacy Foundation has a mantra of “Reading Opens Doors” and their vision statement is “Equity of Opportunity”. This ties in really well with the new RI theme of “Rotary Opens Opportunities”.
The ILF’s programs focus on ensuring access to quality resources including books in home languages, publishing community stories and empowering families to share reading and lead their own literacy future.
We as Rotarians, by supporting the ILF in their important work, can open up opportunities to our First Nation People living in remote areas. Our support will help provide books and literacy programs to over 400 remote Indigenous communities across Australia, where they are needed most.
The Indigenous Literacy Foundation, now in their 10th year, have already gifted over 440,000 books to hundreds of schools, healthcare centres, and service organisations that use the books in all different ways. They hope to donate another 100,000 books during 2020.
With your help we can make a real difference and open opportunities to many young Indigenous children.
Just Google Indigenous Literacy Foundation and visit their website. The site gives you a lot of information on the programs they do.
Click here to watch a video about the Indigenous Literacy Foundation (1) Voices of the Future - YouTube
If you want to make a donation speak to Lesley, Ken or David, as we will direct it through the club - not directly to the Foundation .
Just imagine if all of our Rotary Clubs in District 9780 worked together and contributed $500 or more each. That would lead to a substantial donation to this important Foundation.