Book Haven - A Literacy Initiative

If a child comes from an economically deprived home with a mom who has a poor vocabulary, by age 3 his fate just maybe sealed. He will possibly never catch up in school and have life long struggles with learning. The average child growing in a middle-class family has been exposed to 1,000 to 1,700 hours of one-on-one picture reading before entering school whilst the average child in a low-income family has only been exposed to 25 hours of one-on-one picture reading during the same period!

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Orang Asli Children at Tanjung Keriung, Pekan

Saturday, October 25, 2008

Selecting the Books for Orang Asli Community Center in Tanjung Keriung

25 October 2008

Maria Yu, LC Lee & Jeff managed to acquire 45 pre-owned books, mostly hardcover, from a stall (owned by Leslie) in the Sunday Flea Market in Mont Kiara.
Maria & Jeff subsequently purchased another 30 new books from Bookstreet in Desa Sri Hartamas.
On 3 Oct 2008, Jeff bought another 27 mostly new books from a lady called Lim Ai Lian, who deals with children's books & sells them over the internet.

This first batch of 102 books will be a good kick-off for the Library Project, as part of Tanjung Keriung Project in the Orang Asli Settlements in Pekan.

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