Can you imagine your life without the pleasure of being able to read? Without being able to delve into a book and take in stories, ideas and knowledge outside of your own experience?
"It’s hard to believe but before we worked with the ILF, books were non-existent in the region. Often, the only translated text available is the Ngaanyatjarra Bible – and families aren’t necessarily going to sit down with their children and read that to develop pre-literacy skills. Without the support of the ILF we wouldn’t be able to translate books or even have the books in our classroom or children’s homes." Kiara Jones
Kiara is the Early Learning Educator at Blackstone and Jameson Communities in the Ngaanyatjarraku Shire in Western Australia. These communities are extremely remote, approximately 900 kilometres from Alice Springs and about 1,500 kilometres from Perth.
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