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www.bookaid.org
Book Aid
International is a UK-based charity which provides over 750,000 selected books
and journals each year to over 60 developing countries throughout
the world, to support literacy, education, skills development,
training and publishing projects.
www.col.org
The Commonwealth of Learning is an intergovernmental organisation
created by Commonwealth heads of Government to encourage the
development and sharing of open learning/distance education
knowledge, resources and technologies. It aims to help developing
nations improve access to quality education and training.
www.eu-read.com
EU Read is a
European platform for the promotion of reading, which was
set up to exchange knowledge and experience across a number
of countries. Partners come from The Netherlands, Germany,
Belgium and Great Britain (which is represented by Booktrust).
www.ibby.org
International
Board on Books for Young People (IBBY)'s mission is to promote international understanding through
children's books, to give children everywhere the opportunity
to have access to books with high literary and artistic standards,
to encourage the publication and distribution of quality children's
books especially in developing countries, to provide support
and training for those involved with children and children's
literature, and to stimulate research and scholarly works
in the field of children's literature.
www.ifte.net
International
Federation for the Teaching of English is an umbrella organisation for the English teaching associations
of the UK, USA, Australia, New Zealand and Canada.
www.reading.org
International
Reading Association is a world-wide organisation concerned with improving
reading. It has more than 93,000 members. It publishes journals,
and encourages effective teacher education and research.
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www.roomtoread.org
Room to Read is a charity working with under-privileged children in Cambodia,
India, Nepal and Vietnam, to promote education as the key to
breaking the cycle of poverty. In some areas, this includes
producing books in local languages and written by local authors,
to be placed to developing libraries and schools.
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www.saalt.com.au
This site acts as a one-stop for information on adult education,
literacy and numeracy in Australia. It is coordinated by the
Curriculum and Professional Services Unit at Language Australia,
Melbourne and holds databases of resources and journal readings,
as well as providing information on professional development
activities and its own newsletters and journals.
www.ala.asn.au
Adult Learning Australia is the lead organisation
in Australia for adult education providers and others involved
in adult learning. ALA also coordinates the Australian
Adult Learners' Week, which takes place in September.
www.acal.edu.au
The Australian Council for Adult Literacy (ACAL) aims to lead Australia in the
development and promotion of literacy practice and policy
and it does this by providing leadership in the Australian
debate on adult literacy and numeracy practices and policy,
promoting adult literacy and numeracy issues in broader contexts,
advocating equitable adult literacy and numeracy provision
for all Australians.
www.alea.edu.au
The Australian Literacy Educators' Association is dedicated
to the improvement of literacy development and language learning
at all levels. It provides support and professional development
to educators and others interested in literacy through international,
national, state and regional conferences, workshops and seminars,
journals, position papers and other publications.
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www.abc-canada.org
ABC Canada
Literacy Foundation is committed to promoting literacy
to the general public and private sector. It is a partnership
of business, labour, educators and government that focuses
on public awareness programmes by creating and conducting
national awareness campaigns, providing promotional support
to local literacy groups and research.
www.literacy.ca
The Movement for
Canadian Literacy is a national non-profit organisation representing literacy
coalitions, organisations and individuals from every province
and territory in Canada.
www.nald.ca
The National Adult
Literacy Database Inc (NALD) is Canada's adult literacy information network. It provides
a single-source, up-to-date and easily accessible database
of adult literacy programmes, resources, services and activities
across Canada.
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www.freewebs.com/caribe
St.
Mary's Online Caribbean Literacy Portal is a site developed by a small group of educators based in Trinidad
and Tobago. It uses research evidence to look for better ways
to teach literacy to young children who are or will be speakers
of Caribbean English.
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www.anlci.gouv.fr
L'Agence Nationale de Lutte Contre l'illetrisme is a
French-language website of the national government agency set
up to improve literacy skills.
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www.stiftunglesen.de
Stiftung Lesen is a non-profit
organisation that works to encourage people to read more and
improve their literacy skills, in partnership with nurseries,
schools, bookshops and libraries in Germany.
www.alphabetisierung.de
The German Federal Literacy Association is a national body
that works to develop adults' reading and writing skills.
It aims to support individuals and organisations that promote
adult literacy.
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www.nala.ie
National Adult
Literacy Agency (NALA) is the coordinating, training and campaigning body for all those
interested and involved in adult literacy work in Ireland.
www.scoilnet.ie
Ireland has established a national reading initiative to raise
literacy standards in schools which, in conjunction with a
schools' IT programme, aims to prepare Ireland's children
for a global information society. This is the initiative's
central information website.
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www.booksinhomes.org.nz
Books
In Homes operates along very similar lines to Reading
Is Fundamental, UK - preventing literacy problems in later
life by promoting the fun of reading and book ownership to children
less likely to have access to books at home.
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www.americanliteracy.com
The American Literacy Council provides resources and assistance
to those involved in literacy across the US. It also promotes
Spell-Well, a PC-based writing programme.
www.bookitprogram.com
Book
It! is an
American national reading incentive programme, sponsored by
Pizza Hut. The site has information on the activities taking
place and resources that are provided.
www.firstbook.org
First Book is a national non-profit organisation that gives children from
low-income families the opportunity to read and own their
first new books.
www.getcaughtreading.org
Get
Caught Reading Campaign is a
USA reading promotion campaign aimed at infrequent or lapsed
readers, particularly those aged 18-34. The campaign is organised
by the American Association of Publishers and usually concentrates
its major promotions in the month of May.
www.theliteracysite.com
The Literacy Site - for every 100 clicks on the 'Give free books' button by individual
visitors to this site, First Books will distribute one new
book to a disadvantaged child in a low-income community across
America.
www.literacyconnections.com/index.html
Literacy
Volunteer Connections is a site that provides information on reading aloud, tutoring
techniques and ESL for literacy volunteers for adults and
children. Includes recommended resources for beginners and
experienced volunteers, and a list of programs in the US in
need of help.
http://nces.ed.gov
The US National Centre for Education Statistics, as part of
the department for education, collects and analyses data relating
to education in the US, and in an international context, and
provides overviews, reports and updates.
www.famlit.org
The National Center for Family Literacy is a nonprofit organisation
that supports family literacy services across the United States
through programming, training, research, advocacy and dissemination
of information.
http://gseweb.harvard.edu/~ncsall
National
Centre for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL)'s mission to is conduct research, development, evaluation
and dissemination, funded by the US Department of Education,
to build efficient, cost-effective adult learning and literacy
programmes.
http://novel.nifl.gov
National Institute
for Literacy is an American organisation provides an extensive network of
information for adult literacy.
www.writingproject.org
The US National Writing Project aims to improve students'
writing standards by improving the way that writing is taught
in the nation's schools. Its professional development model
recognises the importance of teacher knowledge, expertise
and leadership and it provides grants to local projects which
operate on a teachers-teaching-teachers basis.
www.readamerica.net
Read America
provides information on the US Phono-Graphix phonics programme and
its development in a number of other countries.
www.readtothem.org
Read To Them (formerly Read Aloud International) is a
US-based organisation that aims to make reading aloud to children a regular practice in homes, schools and childcare facilities worldwide.
www.rif.org
Reading Is Fundamental,
Inc is the website of the original American RIF programme on which the
RIF, UK model
is based.
www.timetoread.com
Time to Read is a volunteer literacy program sponsored by
Time Warner in the USA. It is a tutoring and mentoring scheme
that trains volunteers to help children and adults to improve
their literacy skills.
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