My Aunt and dear friend, Mary Jo Amani has recently begun a non-profit organization calledBooks for Kids Africa, the organization functions in Mozambique. I'm honored to be a board member of the organization and involved in the creation and publication of the children's books that will be published and distributed to children in rural villages throughout Mozambique. The project seeks to fill the need for culturally relevant books to children in Mozambique, as well as train teachers to engage children in the reading process and therefore get kids "hooked on books". We believes that by getting children to fall in love with books you can kindle their dreams and make them a reality. To learn more about the organization visit their website:www.booksforkidsafrica.org
This upcoming week, from Dec. 6-10th Books for Kids will be holding a fundraiser that will go towards the publication of the series of culturally relevant books for children in Mozambique. "Gifting" your donation makes for a wonderful Christmas present.
Happy Holidays!
Warm wishes,
Jamie
above is a photo of Mary Jo Amani reading to children from one of the villages where she has established a community lending library to begin the process of getting the children in love with reading, see more on the Books for Kids Blog
