Archive for December, 2010
Festive Greetings from Uganda…
Yet more Pelican Post books recently arrive at Ttula and Kasubi schools in Kampala, Uganda and the children didn’t waste any time in smiling for the cameras with their new glossy books 🙂 Thanks to Anisha for taking them and revealing a natural talent at photography!
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Tags: Africa, childrens stories, Ka Tutandike, Schools in Uganda
Congratulations to school teacher Madinah Kakaire,who has just won a prestigous award for her teaching skills. Madinah teaches at one of the schools, Pelican Post supports – Ttula Primary School in Uganda. This is her story courtesy of John Agaba at ‘The New Vision’ Newspaper, Kampala… I was lucky to find her in one of her sessions. […]
Filed under: Children's stories, education, Ka Tutandike, Literacy in Africa, Madinah Kakaire, reading initiatives | 1 Comment
Tags: Books, childrens stories, Ka Tutandike, literacy, Reading for pleasure, Schools in Uganda
Today I write of a school in Kenya that recently received a number of books bought by Pelican Post followers. “Lawson High School” is supported by UK based Hotcourses Foundation, and the books received will make an invaluable contribution to reading classes there. Officially opened on the 2nd August 2010 by Hotcourses Founder and UK […]
Filed under: access to books, Children's stories, education, Hot Courses Foundation, Jeremy Hunt MP, Lawson High School, literacy, Literacy in Africa, Nyumbani, Schools in Kenya, Waterstones | Leave a Comment
Tags: Africa, childrens stories, education, Hot Courses Foundation, Jeremy Hunt MP, Kenya, Pelican Post
It is with some disappointment that I write today to inform supporters that sadly the Pelican Post did not make it through to the final of this years Digital Hero award. However we certainly gave it our best shot and had enormous fun promoting the scheme and the award and most importantly raising further interest and awareness […]
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Tags: Africa, childrens stories, Digital Heroes, literacy, Nick Johnson, Talk Talk
