A #goodnews story: The #IndigenousLiteracyFoundation (#ILF) has won the annual #AstridLindgren Memorial Award, the world's richest children's literary prize for children's and young adult literature, worth $725,000. 👏

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Link to article on the #ABCAustralia website: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-10/indigenous-literacy-foundation-astrid-lindgren-memorial-award/103691144

The Indigenous Literacy Foundation wins $725,000 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award

The Australian not-for-profit has bested authors, illustrators and organisations including Neil Gaiman and Quentin Blake to win a global award, in honour of the creator of Pippi Longstocking.

ABC News

This week's #donationDonnerstag is for the #IndigenousLiteracyFoundation: https://www.indigenousliteracyfoundation.org.au/

From their website:

"Only 34% of Indigenous [Australian] Year 5 students in very remote areas are at or above national minimum reading standards, compared to 95% for non-Indigenous students in major cities, according to the 2017 National Assessment Program for Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN)."

I just helped build literacy in remote Indigenous Australia. You can too!