Sa Aklat Sisikat Foundation Inc.

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Welcome to 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 resources to motivate students to make reading a part of their daily lives.

SAS Reading Program
To deepen the love and habit of reading in Filipino children, SAS runs a 31-day Reading Program for all Grade 4 students in partner public schools. We donate 60 of the best Filipino children's storybooks to every Grade 4 classroom included in the program.

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How You Can Help
P150,000 can sponsor a reading program in one public school. It includes 60 brand-new children's storybooks per class, teacher training, students' Reading Passports, "Ibong Adarna" (mythical bird) wall mural and a Reading Corner / Cart / Shelf.
P6,000 can provde a set of 60 titles of new storybooks.

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Special Project: Star Teacher Magazine
The December 2006 issue features Helen Marte Bautista, the Filipina Commissioner of the San Francisco Public Library. Other topics include helping students with learning disorders and teaching about peace.

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What Our Partners Are Saying
"In a system that is overburdened and under-resourced, every initiative to improve learning in school is necessary and welcome."
Undersecretary Juan Miguel Luz, Department of Education

"When we started the Read-a-Thon, I went to class earlier than I used to. I started to read faster and became more interested in reading."
Jordan Angan-angan, Grade 4 student

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News

Convergys Continues Building a Nation of Readers

August 2008 -- Convergys has once again lent its support to Sa Aklat Sisikat’s vision of building a nation of readers by bringing the SAS Reading Program to four schools in Quezon City.

Citi Foundation and Citi Philippines Bring the SAS Reading Program to Cebu

July 2008 -- The SAS Reading Program implementation in 8 schools in Cebu starts with the SAS Teacher Training Workshop attended by 60 educators from Cebu public schools.

More Than 300 Educators Attend Classroom Management Enrichment Workshop

June 28 & July 5, 2008 -- The final installment of the Petron Gurong Kaakbay 2007 activities was held on June 28 and July 5, 2008 at the Petron Megaplaza attended by 314 public school educators from NCR, CAR, Regions I, II & III.

22 Quezon City Schools Elementary Schools Implement the SAS Reading Program

July 2008 -- Credit Suisse, Juan & Isabel Zapanta Foundation and Rocking Moon Foundation bring the joys of reading to Quezon City schoolchildren.

Coke Little Red Schoolhouses Ready to Read

June 2008 -- Implementation of the SAS Reading Program in Camarines Sur, Samar, Quezon Province, Albay and Sorsogon.

Sindangan Elementary School Shines Again
May 2008 -- The SAS Reading Program goes to Leyte.

FAST FACTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2007
For the past eight years, SAS has brought its Reading Program to six-hundred forty-five public elementary schools in the country, benefiting over a hundred thirty thousand grade four students and three-thousand-plus teachers.