Thursday, May 20, 2010

One coffee or one book?

In Norway one coffee in a café costs from around 25,- NOK up to 50,- NOK. This is as much as Vakoka Vakiteny needs to produce, print and distribute 2 books! In Germany or Great Britain the coffee prices are lower. But still, one coffee = one book.


So every time you go to a café and take a cup of coffee, you could have given one boy or girl in Madagascar a book all for him- or herself.


This book would follow this child her entire childhood and adolescence. It would be a proof for her that someone cared for her and that Malagasy is a language of value. She will read this book over and over again, getting accustomed to language and literacy and learning to love reading.

You can do so much with only one coffee…

3 comments:

  1. I really hope that as many people as possible read this and suppoert you! How can they give their saved "coffee-money" to you for supplying Malagasy children with books?

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  2. Unfortunately we don’t have a method of direct payment yet, but people can give money through the association in Germany. I will publish an article on this later.

    I think it is no problem to easily transfer money to the bank account in Germany, even from Norway or other countries. It should be possible even with net banking.

    Anyway, people can always write to us, and we will help them further.

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  3. It's no problem to transfer money to a German account via net-banking.

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