Reading: A Ticket Out of PovertyThe PISA's OECD (Organisation for Economic

Co-operation and Development) survey

of 265,000 students in 35 countries

showed reading "to have positive associations

not only with literacy but with maths

and science results as well.”

believes that

reading CAN bring about social change.

When you donate to Sambat Trust,

we make sure that the books we give to children

nurture the imagination like no other media.

Books from

help us achieve this goal.

Books like these

with stories that can teach kids

topics as simple as vegetables or

topics as complex as justice,

or stories that celebrate

friendships and learning how to

overcome physical

limitations.

Sambat Trust donates books written and illustrated by award-winning Filipino authors and illustrators.

Author: Augie Rivera Illustrator: Kora Albano

Author: Russell Molina Illustrator: Marcus Nada

has established 5 primary school libraries, delivered over 17,500 children's books,

granted 38 scholarships, and trained 60 teachers. Now, over 2,230 children have access to a functional school library in the

Philippines as of August 2011.

To help get more books into the hands of children, please visit

www.sambattrust.org