Ghana Shipment has Arrived!

I.S.A.B.T. is happy to announce that our latest shipment of 140 boxes of prime teaching materials has arrived in Ghana and cleared customs!

We have just received pictures from the delivery to one of the three schools that we are working with; the Bishop Forson School in the Volta region. The Bishop Forson School Complex opened in 2003 with six teachers and eight pupils. It was founded by Rev. Forson Glover who grew up in rural Ghana and faced many challenges in his own quest for an education. 

BFSC is located in the Kpando District along the Volta Lake. Currently there are approximately 21 teachers and 9 non-teaching staff members working at the school where 250 children attend.

 

In advance of the shipment, we worked closely with Pagus:Africa to ensure the materials were matched with the correct schools and programs to maximize impact. Volunteers are working with the school teachers and administration to ensure proper training is conducted.

Materials have already been delivered to the three schools. Please stay tuned for more updates on this exciting project.

If you would like to learn more about Pagus:Africa's work please visit their website and consider making a donation here.

Worldreader in East Africa

Dear Friends,

I hope you enjoy this picture that we received from today from Worldreader.org. 

This is David Risher (CEO and Co-Founder of Worldreader) holding up a Kindle displaying one of our author's stories from the Book Club International  program. We are so happy to be partnering with such a meaningful organization; they are making a true difference in the world.

For more on David and his wonderful work with World Reader, please visit http://www.worldreader.org/about-us/history/

I.S.A.B.T. Partners with World Reader!

NEWS: I.S.A.B.T. is now partnering with World Reader!

Dear Friends, 

I.S.A.B.T. is excited to announce a new partnership with the brilliant organization Worldreader!

Worldreader works with schools, teachers, and students in Africa to provide them with access to vast libraries of educational e-books through their kindle and app for mobile phones program.

I.S.A.B.T. is now providing e-books and stories, written by African children from our Book Club International programs, to add to the Worldreader library. Ultimately, this means that the I.S.A.B.T. library of stories authored by our students in Africa will now be available to participants of the Worldreader Kindle programs globally.

As of February 2013; Worldreader has distributed over 441,000 digital books to children and teachers across ten e-reader projects in five African countries. Many of the books in the world reader program come from Africa Publishers. 

Please stay tuned for updates on this new project!