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	Third Million Book and 10 pence Appeal for the children of South Africa We have reached 2.1 million books. We want to reach 3 million by April 2009 "Theres lots to know on a page and having fun is all the rage So what Im gonna do is share with you Cos it makes good sense to give a book, and ten pence To send it over the sea to you... from me" Millions of children in South Africa have no books. Collect books for children The campaign aim is to set up school libraries in South Africa so children will have access to books they enjoy reading: story books, novels, information books, the sort of book you would give a child or young person for their birthday or their Christmas. The idea is to help create a culture of reading by giving children access to books, therefore encouraging literacy and helping support school studies. We do not want text books except for those that fall into the categories above, including reading schemes. If in doubt check out our guidelines or phone for advice: Download our Book Collection Guidelines Contact Us Remember getting large amounts of books we cannot use means we have to pay money out of the campaign to recycle them. A book and 10 pence to ship books by the container load to South Africa. A Book and 10p is what we ask for, because we need your help to cover the costs including shipping books by the container-load to the children in South Africa. Let us do it together for the children of Nelson Mandela's rainbow nation.

We need your help for our new target: A THIRD MILLION BOOKS The First Two Million Books have been sent! It is an enormous achievement. Standing next to each other the books would fill a shelf about 13 kilometres long! It is through the help of schools, youth organisations, local authorities, trades unions, other organisations, and individuals that we have been able to send so many books. Please help again. We send books from Britain to South Africa because English is the language of education in South Africa and they desperately need books. About 20,000 schools, with 10 million pupils, have no libraries and few books, even if they do have shelves. That is the reality of the situation faced by the children as South Africa struggles to overcome the legacy of apartheid racism. We are starting on our goal of sending a third million books to the children of South Africa. Professor Kader Asmal, Minister for Education, asked us to thank our supporters for all the books we have already sent. Then he quietly asked, "Please can we have another million! Our children need them so much." The project goes on. Please make our project your project. Please collect, select, sort and pack books for the children: The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) support this project. We have a marvellous opportunity to help the children of Nelson Mandela's rainbow nation. We need your financial help. Please donate to this project or please donate to Community H.E.A.R.T. for use where your contribution is most needed. Click Here to Donate.

LISTEN TO THE . . . Book and 10 pence Song Book and Ten pence Rap READ THE . . . Book and 10 pence Song Words Book and 10 pence Rap Words     Thank You Certificates We send a thank you certificate to express Gratitude to each institution that helps. We try to keep our list of participants up to date. If we have left you out please let us know so that we can put things right by sending you our gratitude certificate and by including your school or other organisation's name in our list.

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