Book of the Year judge Mel Gardiner donated her Indigenous Childrens Category books to The Pyjama Foundation in Queensland. The Pyjama Foundation offers a learning-based mentoring initiative, free of charge, to children in foster/statutory care. Community volunteers - called Pyjama Angels - are screened, trained and matched with a child. They visit the child each week to read books aloud, play educational games and engage in other learning-based activities. The Pyjama Foundation Love of Learning initiative focuses on improving the childrens learning and life outcomes, by improving their literacy and numeracy skills and widening their community networks.
Posted on: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 00:32:48 +0000