Help2read
 South Africa  |  Children/Education

To motivate the adult literate population to pass on their skills to the next generation, and to recruit and train volunteers before placing them in schools to help children learn to love books and become confident readers.

Many South African children have parents who can't read or write in their own language, let alone English. Yet, without parents taking an interest in their child’s reading development, sharing a love of stories and individual attention, children fall behind their peers, losing confidence and self-esteem. Help2read makes reading fun by taking reading out of the classroom, combining it with games, and giving children choice! Our trained volunteer reading helpers assist school children aged 5-12 who find reading difficult. Sessions are entirely child-led, so children can only enjoy themselves. Very quickly, children look forward to reading instead of dreading it. Reading helpers and children sit in the library or a quiet place outside the classroom, and read or play together one-on-one on a weekly basis. help2read provide schools and reading helpers with a box full of interesting and beautiful books. Children quickly find a book they love and learn to love reading!

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