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About SAS
Sa Aklat Sisikat Foundation (SAS) is a non-profit professional Philippine organization
that promotes the love and habit of reading in Filipino children. Our vision is
to build a nation of readers.
We work with public schools all over the country, providing the resources for
implementing a Reading Program designed to motivate Grade 4 students - many of
whom are at risk of dropping out of school before high school - to make reading
a part of their daily lives.
According to the Department of Education, students who have reached the fourth
grade have made the shift from learning to read to reading to learn. At this level,
they no longer have difficulty decoding words and sentences, and can now comprehend,
interpret and appreciate the written word. We aim to develop lifelong readers
by capturing every child's interest and imagination at this age, helping them
discover the great rewards and the sheer pleasure of reading.
Founded in 2001 together with Petron Foundation and cited by UNESCO as "a
well thought out and well-funded reading awareness promotion," SAS has by
its third year served almost 200 public schools, touching the lives of about 1,000
teachers and the minds of some 60,000 students.
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