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Causes: Children & Youth, Youth Development
Mission: Our aim is to eliminate intergenerational poverty. We provide children and families with environments where they know they are valued, celebrated, given opportunities to learn the pleasures of reading, and improve their ability to read while having fun, connecting to their culture, developing self-discipline, and participating in community services and social actions worldwide.
Target demographics: improve & strengthen reading skills & relationships within low-income families & rural communities
Direct beneficiaries per year: 100 students, 2 area agencies
Geographic areas served: strategic areas throughout the South
Programs: the establishment of Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) Freedom School -- a reading enrichment program.