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I want to help kids and teens in my community, by reading and writing, so I want know were I will get books for them to read and write. can you please help me.
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Cheers Portia,
 
Welcome to the Community Tool Box (CTB) and Ask an Advisor, and thank you for your question about obtaining books for a community-based youth reading and writing program. First, bravo for wanting to provide such a fundamentally important service of building youths' educational capacity, really fantastic. That said, I'm really not too sure where you can obtain books because I don't know where you are so I can't do a search to determine the organizations near you which might be sources of books. However, my first suggestion is to find international development agencies and NGOs that are working in your area and approach them; you might have to do a bit of networking to find them. They may not necessarily have books, but probably know where to get them. You might also try churches, schools, colleges/universities, and your local government as they always seem to know where to obtain a variety of resources, perhaps books. There is also the option of doing a book drive in which you would ask members of your community to donate books to your program; they can be either new or used, but they do need to be appropriate for the literacy level of the youth with whom you are working. As you so well know, it never hurts to ask. Last, I know of one organization, Room to Read, which works in different countries to improve literacy. You might try getting in touch with them via this link http://www.roomtoread.org/page.aspx?pid=269 and perhaps they can point you in the right direction. I wish I could be of more help Portia, but this question is kind of a head-scratcher. Best of success to you.
 
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Question Date: خميس, 06/09/2016