Reading is an essential building block of learning that expands the knowledge of young children. More than that, it can help to power a child’s imagination, help them understand the vast and ever-changing world around them, and most importantly, it forms the basis of a brighter future.
Unfortunately, a large number of Africa’s children do not have the ability to explore the wonders that await them within the written word. Africa has been facing a reading crisis for over a decade, and because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it only seems to be worsening.
A study conducted by the ONE campaign shows that over half the world s 10-year-olds could be unable to read by the end of 2021, with Africa’s children in particular set to struggle the most.
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Preschoolers in Rwanda look at the books created for them by String Theory School students in Philadelphia. (Provided by String Theory Schools)
About 1,000 preschool children in more than a dozen schools in Rwanda have each received a picture book designed by a group of high school students in Philadelphia.
At String Theory charter’s Philadelphia Performing Arts school, 21 teenagers ranging from grades 9 – 12, created “Baskets of Fun, Under the Sun” with Books and Beyond USA, an initiative to produce books for young readers in Rwanda.
According to BBUSA, Rwanda has few books for very young readers in English, the primary language taught in schools since 2008, and for many this will be the first book they own. A report by the Rwanda Children’s Book Initiative said children’s books in the national Kinyarwanda language are “virtually nonexistent.” The dearth of books has prompted local Rwandan publishers to band together in advocating for early childhood lit
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