The Epic Good Foundation is kicking goals for Indigenous Literacy
Can you imagine a young child starting school without ever holding a book? This is the reality for many Aboriginal children in remote communities without access to public libraries. The Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) is an organisation working to address literacy in Aboriginal Communities.
The Epic Good Foundations held an auction in May and raised $24,000 for the ILF.
Partnering with Hawthorns Indigenous Program during the Sir Doug Nicholls Round the auction featured deadly items including: An autographed guitar owned by Troy Cassar-Daley.
Signed football Guernseys from some of Australia's top players.
Beautiful football boots hand painted Gilimbaa.
Naming rights to a character in best-selling author, Anita Heiss new novel.
The auction also celebrated Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander music with renowned musicians William Barton and Georgia Corowa entertaining the crowd.
To date, the Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) have put 140,000 new books into 230 remote Aboriginal communities. Programs rolled out by the ILF include:
The Book Supply - where communities and literacy workers choose their own books both in English and their own languages.
Book Buzz book Packs with 12 books in a little back pack designed for young kids before they get to school.
Community Literacy Projects where authors and students work together to publish books in English and first languages.
Living Black Radio spoke with Epic Good Manager and Lifetime Ambassador of the Indigenous Literacy Foundation Dr Heiss who maintains that remote Aboriginal children should be treated the same as Australian children in urban areas and should have the same access to libraries and books.
Listen to the interview to find out more.
