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We select books for Africa

Books

What do we do?

Universities UK Schools East Africa

(Individual University Teams supported by paid READ staff)

School fundraising activities

£Global citizenship education

We sell books

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Free book collection

Recycle books

Teams of student volunteers work with us throughout an academic year. The teams are dynamic, energetic and semiautonomous.

The student teams work in their local UK schools to teach development & collect books that would otherwise go to landfill.

We sort all the books, picking the right ones for Tanzania and Uganda. Any books we can’t send we sell or recycle to raise funds.

We take teams of students to Tanzania & Uganda where they deliver the books directly to needy local schools.

READ is a fundamentally student-led, student-delivered model, and we’re very proud of that. Students are key at every stage of the process outlined below. The central RI team supports and guides their progress, and works hard at a global level to facilitate the model.

50p Total cost per book

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Our StoryA hugely successful first 5 years

Total books by 2012: 1,774,000Total books to date: 850,000Total value by 2012: £19,514,000Average cost to READ: 50 pence per book

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The Community Book Drive

Structure of the Project

What can you do?EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING

Book collections

Book sorting

Fundraising

Be part of the team

Travel to East Africa

HAVE FUN

EAST AFRICAEAST AFRICA

Why Tanzania and Uganda?• Tanzania is one of the Poorest Nations in the World.• The UK government spend £6000 per student each year. • In Tanzania it is just £70. • 30 pence available for textbooks• The secondary school syllabus almost identical and is taught in English.In Uganda primary school is also taught in English

It costs us less than 50 pence to move a book to Tanzania or Uganda!

To buy a new book there costs £11

East Africa 2011

Book Distribution

Library Renovations

Spreading the word!

Fun!

New and exciting

Challenging

Outside your comfort zone

Different

Why get involved?

Opportunity to get involved with an exciting

and progressive organisation

Get hands on experience and learn new skills

See the results and all aspects from start to

finish

Satisfaction and enjoyment

A deeper understanding of development and

education in East Africa

Meet new people and make new friends

Willingness to learn new skills and gain knowledge of READ and our vision,

mission and values

Do something worthwhile with your time at university – stand out from the crowd when you

graduate

What now?Register as a READ volunteer!

Bring some fundraising ideas and a prize for a raffle to the next meeting

Come down to storage to sort, sort, sort our books

Tell us all of your ideas and suggestions

Tell your friends

Start getting excited about East Africa in 2011....!

Get stuck in and make a difference