Bookdash.org Website Review

‘It's pretty awe-inspiring to be part of a room full of people literally buzzing with creative energy. I left feeling inspired all ‘…looked up and it’s hours later! There’s a wonderful, calm, productive, collaborative vibe in here’ —Louis Greenberg, Joburg, ‘We all did something extraordinary there that day … to bring the joy of reading to our small people.’ —Melissa Fagan, Cape Town, kids and I can read anytime! God bless the labour of your hands and this initiative!’—Mamatse. WRITE, ILLUSTRATE, DESIGN? JOIN A TEAM. MAKE A BOOK. CHANGE THE WORLD. Book Dash gathers creative volunteers to create new African storybooks that anyone can freely print, translate and distribute. Children in South Africa need more books, but they cost too much purchased from publishers. The cheapest books have no publisher – then the only cost is printing. So our participants do the work of publishers in a single day. After that, anyone can get print runs sponsored and put finished books into the hands of children. We believe every child should own a hundred books by the age of five. In South Africa, that means giving 600 million free books to children who could never afford to buy them. Every day we lose, more children grow up unable to read and write well, and to enjoy the worlds that their new Book Dash books. In February of 2017, we were featured on SABC Newsroom. Have a listen Check out video footage from one of the first Dashes, to see how far we’ve come: Non-profit-organisation registration: 145-694 NPO. Public-benefit-organisation registration (Section 18A): 930047958