{"id":83,"date":"2009-09-09T20:54:41","date_gmt":"2009-09-09T19:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soroptimist-gbi.co.uk\/kenilworth-and-district\/?p=83"},"modified":"2014-02-03T22:36:13","modified_gmt":"2014-02-03T22:36:13","slug":"international-literacy-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/kenilworth-and-district\/2009\/09\/09\/international-literacy-day\/","title":{"rendered":"International Literacy Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>INTERNATIONAL LITERACY DAY SEPTEMBER 2009<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Soroptimist International<\/strong><strong> supporting <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Book Aid International<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>During September, help to raise money to send books to sub &#8211; Saharan Africa. For every \u00a32 you collect, Book Aid International can send a book to a school or library<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>How much value<\/em><\/strong> do you put on your ability to read and have access to a huge range of literature and information?<\/p>\n<p>If you live in sub Saharan Africa you do not have this opportunity of access as <strong><em>books are a luxury that very few can afford.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Book Aid International state; <strong>\u2018Books Change Lives&#8217; <\/strong>Literacy is a basic human right, it opens the door to education and helps to lift communities out of poverty, however without books and reading materials, literacy is extremely hard to achieve and maintain.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>How can you help?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During September, put a value on every thing you read and help Book Aid International send books to schools and libraries in sub Saharan Africa, where<strong><em> books can change lives<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>An example is set out below.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Examples of a tariff &#8211; use these or set your own!<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Books (for pleasure)<\/td>\n<td>\u00a31.00<\/td>\n<td>Holiday brochures<\/td>\n<td>0.25p<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Books (for information or learning)<\/td>\n<td>0.50p<\/td>\n<td>Shopping catalogues<\/td>\n<td>0.25p<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Monthly magazine\/ professional journal<\/td>\n<td>0.50p<\/td>\n<td>Weekly magazine<\/td>\n<td>0.20p<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Instruction manual<\/td>\n<td>0.50p<\/td>\n<td>Daily paper<\/td>\n<td>0.10p<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Weekend papers (and supplements!)<\/td>\n<td>0.50p<\/td>\n<td>The internet!<\/td>\n<td>0.02p<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Any other<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Once the money has been collected, it should;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Either<\/strong> be sent to: Book Aid International 39 &#8211; 41 Coldharbour Lane London SE5 9NR. Cheques should be made payable to Book Aid International. For each donation please enclose a slip with your name, address and e\u00admail address so we can acknowledge your donation!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Or<\/strong> be <strong><\/strong>paid directly into the Book Aid International bank account. Sort code 206651 Account 00751227 Barclays Plc. If paying directly into our account please e\u00admail lesley.pinder@bookaid.org to advise.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INTERNATIONAL LITERACY DAY SEPTEMBER 2009 Soroptimist International supporting Book Aid International During September, help to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>International Literacy Day | News | Blog | Events | SI Kenilworth and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Kenilworth and District : Blog &amp; News : International Literacy Day : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Kenilworth and District . 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