The Pelican Post is an innovative new website that allows contributors to send books to children in Africa.
According to their website, The Pelican Post was the brainchild of Nick Johnson, who was initially inspired to do something to help literacy in Africa following his personal experiences of working in a school in Uganda with Raleigh International. Several years later Nick subsequently put his idea into action whilst undertaking a self expression and leadership course run by Landmark Education in London.
The project has begun its pilot phase, which aims at supporting 12 schools in five African countries.
The three-month pilot phase runs from July 9 to October 9, 2009. The goal is to send 20 copies of several specially selected early learning books and children’s novels to 12 different schools across the five countries chosen for the pilot. After the pilot phase is complete, Pelican Post will expand the number of schools, books and countries covered.
The initial goal is to have enough contributions to send a minimum of 3000 books to Africa by October, impacting thousands of children.
To get involved or find out more, visit the Pelican Post website (http://pelican-post.org).
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