Family literacy project implemented in schools

The Zonta Club of Cebu II, in partnership with the Cebu City Public Library, has implemented Alimbukad Basa Pamilya, a family literacy project in three Cebu schools.

Initially, the project is implemented in Poo Elementary School in Olango Island; Guadalupe Elementary School in Cebu City, and Luyang Elementary School in San Remigio, Cebu.

Basa Pamilya is a series of 12 weekly lectures and workshops involving underprivileged families with pre-school children in targeted barangays in Cebu City and Province.

Its goal is to empower parents to become reading and learning advocates by developing their reading and tutoring skills for them to take leadership in their school, and eventually mold their children’s future success.

Zonta Club of Cebu 2’s Project Coordinator, Zontian Wi Suan Tiu says, “to make a difference, we must involve parents and home, for parents are a child’s first and most important teacher. The home is their first school, and reading their first subject.

Having a parent read aloud to a child aged 2-3, several times a day, will do substantially better in Kindergarten at age 4-5, than a youngster who is read to, once a week or less.

The Z Club of Childlink Learning Center turns over their book donation for the Alimbukad Basa Pamilya beneficiaries in Guadalupe Elementary School. Accepting the donation are Zontians (from left): Mariter Klepp, Carmen Go, Mayet Malinao, Tess Tio, Wi...