OUR WORK

Why we fund e-technology literacy programs: The experience of reading a physical book is one that many of us cherish, however technology increases a child's opportunity for learning and literacy.  Providing a school with e-readers and an e-library, for example, delivers a cost effective in-class teaching tool (as all the children can use the same books at the same time), as well as providing access to a wide range of reading materials and text books.  Providing a child in a remote community with an e-reader provides access to a much broader range of literature than donating physical books.

How literacy resources are delivered to the communities that need them: Resources funded by the Jane Austen Literacy Foundation are delivered by our partner charities - expert, capable and reputable not for profit organisations with similar missions and values - as this is far more cost effective than establishing duplicate infrastructures.  Run entirely by volunteers, we ensure that your donation to the Jane Austen Literacy Foundation is not spent on large operating costs and, as a result, 100% of the money you donate will be spent on literacy programs for developing communities.