Thank you for taking the time to view our website. Here you will find more information about our past activities and volunteer experiences. We invite you to participate in our vision by helping to teach the world to read.
By taking time out of your busy schedule to help change the life of a child through literacy, you become part of the solution addressing the symptoms of illiteracy. Children need our encouragement.
In support of the mission of the International Reading Association (IRA)
The Read Across Jamaica Foundation is committed to: encouraging & influencing children through creative activities.
And we share the vision of IRA & their mission to eradicate illiteracy:
We believe that all children have a right to:
Early reading instruction that stimulates
Reading instruction that builds skill and the desire to read
Well-prepared teachers who keep their skills up to date
A variety of books and other reading material in their classrooms, and in school and community libraries
Assessment that identifies strengths as well as needs and involves students in making decisions about their own learning
Instruction that involves parents and communities in students’ academic lives
Instruction that makes meaningful use of first-language skills
Equal access to instructional technology
Classrooms that create healthy learning opportunities
Ms. Wisdom takes time out to present the history of Read Across Jamaica and discuss the past performance of the Literacy Project during the Literacy Ambassador's
Sunday Brunch & Orientation
May 6, 2007
Students search for their teachers to give them a warm hug of gratitude
during the National Church Service
Literacy Ambassadors visit
St. James & Trelawny Parish Libraries and share their special storytelling techniques with the children during the Afterschool Storytelling Hour.
All the children received books and pencils donated by the Maryland State Teachers Association (MSTA)
Literacy Ambassadors:
Paulette Blake
Grandparent & College Student
Michele Pierre
Hostess/Administration
Atlanta, CA
Sonya Jenkins
Journalist/Stewardess
Atlanta, GA
Malore L. Brown, Ph.D.
Independent Education & Library Consultant
(Formerly w/ Association for Library Service to Children)
