Regular readers of Kindle Nation may recall our past efforts to help get the word out about a terrific non-profit organization called WorldReader.org that is doing all it can to spread the Kindle Revolution worldwide:
- A Great Video from WorldReader.org – 500 Down, Millions to Go
- Helping Kids Around the World to Read, One Kindle at a Time
So we’re especially pleased to welcome WorldReader.org’s Susan Moody Prieto for this guest post to tell you about a very cool opportunity for the more adventurous and globally oriented among the citizens of Kindle Nation!
Here’s Susan:
All’s great here at Worldreader – the kids in Ghana are reading up a storm and we’re moving into Kenya.
Just a quick note to share with you this contest: http://blog.worldreader.org/2011/03/21/win-a-volunteer-trip-to-ghana/ The contest ends at 12 P.M. Eastern time this Friday, April 1, but I was thinking that your Kindle-loving readers might be interested.A little more info:eDreams.com, Worldreader’s travel partner, is sponsoring a once in a lifetime contest to spend a week in late May/early June volunteering with Worldreader in Ghana. eDreams will cover the flight, food, and lodging- the winner will only need shopping money (and the market is quite cool!)
The winner will fly into Accra and will be met by a Worldreader team member, spend the night and next day in the capital touring historic sites and visiting the market.
Then they’ll be driven out to Ghana’s Eastern Region– to Adeiso and Kade, where Worldreader has 500 e-readers in 6 schools.
They’ll spend the next two days volunteering in the schools doing reading exercises and helping teachers. The days will be long, and there might be issues that Worldreader will be working on (see iRead Challenges).
Then winner spend two days accompanying a film crew into some of the homes of the children who Worldreader filmed last time- to talk to parents about how the e-reader is being used by the family.
The hotel is Ju’niel Lodge in Osenasi- it’s rustic and overall the trip is not “relaxing” in a vacation sense–it’s working long hours in a hot climate, but the winner will be making a huge difference in a child’s life.
Thanks, Susan! And of course I’ll my two cents for our readers here at this end:
- If you’d like to help but you’re just not sure about a trip to Ghana just now, don’t hesitate to click on this Donate button for WorldReader.org.
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If a Kindle Nation reader does enter the contest and wins, please send an email with your contact information to kindlenation@gmail.com and Kindle Nation’s parent company Windwalker Media will donate a free Kindle for you to bring with you to give to one of the participating schools through the auspices of WorldReader.org!