Designers, illustrators and writers, you can donate your skills to Book Dash and help get local stories into the hands of children who deserve cool books.
Cape Town, South Africa (15 August 2023) – Book Dash believes that every child should own 100 books by the age of 5 so to make that happen, they hand out free books to children, many in the very languages the children speak at home. To do this, they rally creatives to donate skills to a one-day “book dash” where the stories that are printed, are born.
To create a nation of lifelong readers and support literacy among youth, research shows that every child should own and have access to storybooks. Yet, books are expensive, often seen as a luxury, and owning just one storybook is out of the reach of millions of South African children.
Enter Book Dash, a literacy awareness organisation that creates and distributes storybooks to children in need. They have spent the last several years boosting literacy for children through unique and relatable books.
Book Dash is a registered non-profit organisation and has an innovative model to create and share new, quality South African children’s books that are highly affordable. Over the past few years, more than 128 original storybooks, across eleven indigenous languages, have been created by volunteer creative teams at 12-hour events called Book Dashes.
The next Book Dash has been arranged and they are now looking for Cape Town-based creatives to get involved. This will be the 22nd Book Dash event and it is set to take place on the 14th of October 2023. You can find all the details below.
You can find all the details to sign up as a creative contributor here. You can find all the books here. You will be able to read them and if you would like, purchase the physical copies to add to your own child’s library. If you would like to get involved with the project, you can do so here.
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