Readathon for Women's Education
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For the month of July my daughter and I are going to have a readathon as a little fundraiser for women's education. It will have the duel aim of raising money for a worth cause and getting us both to read more books, which my daughter at least could use a little encouragement with. And even as a fairly prolific reader it couldn't hurt for me to have some incentive to spend more time on books rather than Facebook,
I haven't tried this before so I'm not 100% sure how it will work but I'll see how we go. I'm going to pledge $1 for each book my daughter reads for herself (she's six and is just learning to read), each book I read aloud to her (we always have a novel or two on the go) and any book over 200 pages I get through cover to cover myself during the month of July. My husband will match my pledge. We will try and get through at least 25 books.
At the end of the month we will use however much money we have raised in total to make education loans for women on Kiva. Small loans of as little as $25 can contribute to helping send a woman to university, so she can get a better job and provide for herself and her family, or it can be used to help a mother pay her children's school fees.
If you'd like to contribute to our fund we will add your donation to ours and hopefully we will be able to make a larger Kiva loan and make a bigger difference. If you prefer you could join our Kiva lending team and make your own loan. You can follow our progress on my blog, Femlitica where you can also make suggestions of books we can read together or cheer us on in the comments. Wish us luck!
"You educate a man;
You educate a man.
You educate a woman;
You educate a generation." ~ Brigham Young.
"We cannot succeed when half of us are held back." ~ Malala Yousafzai
I haven't tried this before so I'm not 100% sure how it will work but I'll see how we go. I'm going to pledge $1 for each book my daughter reads for herself (she's six and is just learning to read), each book I read aloud to her (we always have a novel or two on the go) and any book over 200 pages I get through cover to cover myself during the month of July. My husband will match my pledge. We will try and get through at least 25 books.
At the end of the month we will use however much money we have raised in total to make education loans for women on Kiva. Small loans of as little as $25 can contribute to helping send a woman to university, so she can get a better job and provide for herself and her family, or it can be used to help a mother pay her children's school fees.
If you'd like to contribute to our fund we will add your donation to ours and hopefully we will be able to make a larger Kiva loan and make a bigger difference. If you prefer you could join our Kiva lending team and make your own loan. You can follow our progress on my blog, Femlitica where you can also make suggestions of books we can read together or cheer us on in the comments. Wish us luck!
"You educate a man;
You educate a man.
You educate a woman;
You educate a generation." ~ Brigham Young.
"We cannot succeed when half of us are held back." ~ Malala Yousafzai
Organizer
Jennifer Muirhead
Organizer
Booval QLD
