5 projects win a grant from the African Innovation Fund in Publishing
Dubai Cares promotes the love of reading in Africa
The initiative seeks to facilitate the access of children and adolescents to various sources of knowledge.
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The African Fund for Innovation in Publishing, launched by the International Publishers Association, in cooperation with Dubai Cares, the global humanitarian organization, revealed the names of the five African projects that won this year’s grant, with a total value of $200,000.
This is the third group of projects to win grants from the fund totaling $800,000, which has been presented by Dubai Cares over several years, and this year focuses on promoting a love of reading among blind children and youth on the African continent.
The Committee of the African Fund for Innovation in Publishing, chaired by Sheikha Bodour bint Sultan Al Qasimi, President of the International Publishers Association, and comprising a group of experts from the publishing sector in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Tunisia and South Africa, supervised the selection of the winning projects from the works nominated by 18 African countries.
In addition to its interest in promoting a culture of community reading, and facilitating children and young people’s access to diverse sources of knowledge, the African publishing sector focuses on textbooks, which constitute about 90% of its sales, which makes the grants of the African Innovation Fund for Publishing a supportive tool for the sector in its endeavors to get out of the The repercussions of the “Corona” pandemic, which affected the ability of governments to purchase textbooks.
Sheikha Bodour Al Qasimi said: “Since 2019, the African Innovation Fund for Publishing has been working to breathe life into projects that provide solutions to many challenges related to books and reading.
This year, the grants provided by the fund, with the support of Dubai Cares, will focus on projects that enhance the habit of reading and access to books, two of the priorities that will contribute to the participation of everyone in the literary scene, regardless of level of education or knowledge.”
For his part, CEO and Vice Chairman of Dubai Cares, Dr. Tariq Al Gurg, said: “Reading is one of the most important skills that open the doors to a whole new world of knowledge, wisdom and learning.
Our collaboration with the African Publishing Innovation Fund this year, through our partnership with the International Publishers Association, allows us to foster a love of reading among blind young readers, and provide access to books for disadvantaged children and youth.”
Bodour Al Qasimi:
“Since 2019, the African Innovation Fund for Publishing has been working to breathe life into projects that provide solutions to many challenges related to books and reading.”
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The list of initiatives winning this year’s grant from the African Innovation Fund for Publishing, which will contribute to helping millions of children and young people in the African continent to enhance their passion for reading, include: Association for the Advancement of Education in Africa (ADIA), Book Aid International. Olive Seed Organization (Olive Seed), Organization for the Study of Alternative Education Project in South Africa (PRISA), and Yanbu Al-Kitab House to publish children's books in Morocco.
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