How to Improve literacy in the World?

“Rotary CNY Books for the World” is a collaborative effort between Rotary Clubs, affiliated youth clubs, other community and service organizations and The Second Wind Foundation Together, they providing K - 6th grade picture/story and K – 12th grade textbooks to needed regions of the world to create opportunities for a better way of life.

Books are shipped to Rotary club & district Distribution Centers in Africa and other locations throughout the world where English is one of the primary business languages.  In addition Spanish and English books also are sent to locations in Latin America.

The “Rotary CNY Books for the World” committee provides general book types and descriptions, packing specifications and delivery information to a central marshaling warehouse to the Rotary Club.  The Rotary club buys, at cost, all the required packaging materials.

      At the central warehouse boxed books are weighed, palletized and wrapped then shipped to The Second Wind Foundation in Houston, Texas.  Here, in Houston, books from all USA Rotary collection centers are co-mingled, containerized and sent to third world Rotarian managed distribution centers.

* Textbooks - are to be groupings of 10 or more (same title) with instructor’s material, if available.

Where are these books currently hiding? - Closets, book shelves, storage areas of homes, libraries, schools and churches,  all looking for a home and children to read, learn from, love and cherish them.  By combining our resources, we have given these books a fresh start, and are making a significant difference in the lives of the children of the world.

Additional ways to support this project: If you are unable to support the project with books, but want to add to support, we need funds to move books from CNY to Houston TX. These funds will also go to help purchase sea containers, which may be converted to classrooms or libraries in Africa, once they are unloaded of their book contents.  Send checks payable to “Rotary District 7150, Books for the World” to:  Ward Vuillemot, 8 Teasel Lane, Skaneateles NY 13152.

Contact Information:

Program Coordinator:  Ward Vuillemot, d7150BFTW@me.com, 1-315-685-8133

Materials Coordinator: Hal Brown, hfbrown2@aol.com,  1-315-685-6150

Warehouse & Delivery Coordinator:  Abe Morelli, finefloorings@mindspring.com,  1-315-635-2321

LINKS & OTHER SITES

Countries and Regions of Southern Africa that the books are distributed to from the Rotary D9300 Johannesburg Center.