Presentation of the „ABCXXI – All of Poland Reads to

Kids”Foundation

Warsaw, December 2013

General information about the Foundation

Registration: 1998

Executive Committee: Irena Koźmińska – President and CEO Kinga Rusin – Deputy President Elżbieta Olszewska – Member, Program Director Barbara Pietkiewicz – Member Marzena Secomska – Member Foundation’s Board : Jerzy Baczyński - editor-in chief, Polityka, Katarzyna

Bieńkowska- business, Małgorzata Berwid -television, Robert Gamble -publisher, Prof. M.D. Paweł Januszewicz, Justyna Święcicka- psychologist, Sylwia Wilkos – film producer, Olga Wojniłko – former publisher, Ph.D. Ewa Woydyłło - psychologist, Łukasz Zięba- teacher

Supporting psychological, mental and moral health of children and adolescents

throughdeveloping awareness, education and promotion

as well asspreading knowledge on wise education

Mission of the Foundation

Foundation in numbers

7985 leaders and coordinators -volunteers of the reading campaign „All of Poland Reads to Kids”

3072 cities and villages participating in the reading campaign

2769 schools and 3112 kindergartens enrolled to "Reading Schools and Reading Kindergartens programs

85%-92% parents (% depending on age of childen) knows the Foundation’s reading campaign

54% parents declare regular reading to their children

200 educational conferences, workshops and seminars conducted by the Foundation

130 jails were equipped with children books to read to children by imprisoned parents

78000 mothers of newborns will obtain the First Book of My Baby in 2013

Selected projects of the Foundation

• The „First Book of My Baby”

• National campaign „All of Poland Reads to Kids”

• Internet University of Wise Education

• Reading Schools, Reading Kindergartens, Reading Heals, Reading Brings Closeness

• Teaching Values Program

• „Generations-Creations”; „We need each other” – integration of children from orphanages with seniors from the Third Age Univertities through creative activities

• Astrid Lindgren Memorial Literary Competition for contemporary book for children and adolescents

• Reading in Jail (supporting with books reading-to-children corners in family meeting halls in prisons)

• Reading Families’ Clubs

• All of Polonia Reads to Kids (program for Polish communities abroad)

• All of Europe Reads to Kids

„First Book of My Baby” project

• First Book of My Baby – project of free distribution among all mothers of newborns in public and private obstetric hospitals/clinics throughout the country of the educational-cultural package consisting of a book with information for parents and poems to be read to newborns along with a DVD with educational film and lullabies. The project will be accompanied with research on its effect on child’s development.

• Number of births: around 400 000 yearly.

• The aim of the project: First Book of My Baby gives parents knowledge and tools to support childs language, mental and emotional development and a passion to read. It is extremely important because current decerease of children’s language and thinking skills as well as dramatic drop in their reading abilities will limit their chances for development and education.

• European Union and international community of reading-oriented institutions put early language education as their current priority!

„First Book of My Baby” project

Patronage and financial support by Minister of Culture and National Heritage

Partner – National Centre of Culture

National campaign „All of Poland Reads to Kids” and related:

• „Reading Schools”, „Reading Kidergartens”, Reading Heals, Reading Brings Closeness

• Reading Families’ Clubs, www.RodzinneCzytanie.pl • „All of Polonia Reads to Kids” • Program “All of Europe Reads to Kids” (initiated in 2011; participate: Poland,

Czech Republic, Soval Republik, Lithuania)

Partners: Ministry of Culture and National Heritage

Book Institute National Centre of Culture

National Library Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Other projects of the Foundation

Astrid Lindgren Memorial Literary Competition for a Contemporary Book for Children and Adolescents

• Announced every three years; till the moment three competitions have been organized (the third edition will conclude in October’13 with publication and promotion of eight awarded books in three age cathegories).

• Very prestigeous in the community of authors, publishers, book specialists – high awards, the pledge of publishing all awarded books, high literary level.

• The best authors of books for children participated e.g. Marcin Szczygielski, Anna Onichimowska, Paweł Beręsewicz, Barbara Kosmowska, Renata Piątkowska; interesting debuts e.g. Ida Pierelotkin.

Partners: PZU Foundation – financial support; Publishers: Literatura, Stentor, Publicat, Nasza Księgarnia – cooperation

Patronage: Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, Embassy of Sweden, Polish Section of IBBY

Other projects of the Foundation

Internet University of Wise Education (IUWE)• free knowledge in the field of psychology, pedagogy, philosophy, sociology

etc. on www.iumw.pl • e-learning courses (free or partially/fully paid depending on sponsors’ support) on the IUWE Moodle platform: for teachers – Reading as a Method of Development and Eduacation – Teaching Values as a Profilaxis of Abuse and Antisocial Behaviors for parents: – Meeting Emotional Needs of Children – Raising Boys – Feeding Brain and Body - How to Avoid Prevalent Parental Mistakes Partners: Orange Foundation, PZU Foundation

Other projects of the Foundation

„Generations – Creations” and „We Need Each Other”

• Integration of children from orphanages and seniors from the Third Age Universities during common cultural and artistic activities: joint visits to the theatre performances, movies, concerts and exhibitions, then participation in common music and drama workshops as well as cooking and computer classes, with the final gala – common show/performance in front of local audience in which all participants of the project play their roles.

Partners: Ministry of Culture and National Heritage Ministry of Labour and Social Policy Orange Foundation LOTOS Group

Other projects of the Foundation

„Reading in Jail. Book as a Bridge to Family and the World with no Bars”;

Education for mothers having their little children with them in jail

• Classes on wise child-rearing, emotional intelligence and drama for mothers• Supporting with books corners for reading to children in the family meeting

halls • Supporting with books prisons’ libraries.• Educational conferences for prisons’ staff.

Partners: Ministry of Culture and National Heritage National Library Central Prisons’ Administration

Other projects of the Foundation

Partners of the Foundation • Ministry of Culture and National Heritage – honorary patronage and financial support

of the national campaign „All of Poland Reads to Kids”, the „First Book of My Baby” 2013 and „Generations-Creations” projects

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs – patronage and support of „All Polonia Reads to Kids” project

• Ministry of Labour and Social Policy – support of „Generations-Creations” project

• National Centre of Culture – cooperation within the national reading campaign as well as the „First Book of My Baby” 2013 project

• PZU Foundation – support of the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Literary Competition and thenational reading campaign

• Orange Foundation – support of the Internet University of Wise Education (IUWE) and „Generations - Creations” project

• International Paper – donation of paper

• Pack – Druk – free print of the calendar and book marks

• Lotos Group – support of „Generations - Creations” project

• Sabur- support of the national campaign „All of Poland Reads to Kids”

Foundation’s contact information

„ABCXXI - All of Poland Reads to Kids” Foundation

phone. 48 22 648 38 91 (92)e-mail: fundacja@cpcd.pl; ikozminska@cpcd.pl

ul. Rosoła 44 a02-786 Warsaw

Poland

www.cpcd.plwww.calapolskaczytadziciom.pl

www.iumw.plwww.takwartozyc.pl

www.rodzinneczytanie.plwww.AllofPolandReadstoKids.pl