Social Project: "Baú da Leitura"

This is a project in the rural zone of Bahia and Sergipe that founds a new way to defeat the school evasion, the child labor and illiteracy: the distribution of 50 thousand books for schools from 151 cities. The practice of reading incentives the children to stay in schools.

Founded in 1999 by UNICEF, the project started in 4 cities, with around 12 teachers only. The books offered by the project are for kids between 6 and 16 years. The histories read by the students helps them to learn about identity, environment and citizenship.

The rural schools were chosen because in this areas the access to information it's more dificult. Whith the help of the government the teachers of the rural schools are trained to use the material and integrate the reading activites at the school time once a week.

To incentivate the children to remain at schools the project shows a better perspective on life through the education, it helps the children not to work early.

http://www.portalodm.com.br/projeto-social-de-leitura-tenta-deter-evasao-escolar-na-ba-e-em-se--n--350.html

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