Get out of cycle of poverty through reading

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - In communist governments, they burn books because they know that books are dangerous, said Big Bad Wolf Book Sale founder Andrew Yap.

They said that books are the best teachers, but when you read something on a device, you don’t absorb it because of too much distraction—notifications, games, somebody chasing you about something, right? But when you read from a book, you really absorb it. You believe what you read.

Books change mindsets. In 2016, the Big Bad Wolf Books Sale, a reading advocacy company, decided to go out of Malaysia to reach ASEAN neighbors, and in 2018, it was in Manila, and it has been amazing since.

“We want to change the world through books, and we believe that in order to do that, we always start with children,” Yap said.

The Big Bad Wolf Book Sale, which will hold its largest book sale in Cagayan de Oro for the first time on February 2–18 at 5th level Event

Department of State’s INL. Their continuing partnership, donations, and support have continued to bring outstanding results in our efforts against wildlife trafficking and environmental crimes,” PCSD Executive Director Teodoro Jose Matta said at the launch event.

“This collaboration with the PCSD is a testament to our ongoing dedication to environmental justice,” INL Deputy Director Luke Bruns said. “We believe that through our shared experiences and resources, we can make significant strides in preserving our natural environment for future generations.”

INL'S engagement in addressing environmental justice issues in Palawan

Hall SM CDO Downtown, will bring in over two million titles, which include a plethora of children's books that you will never get anywhere else, even in bookstores, said the founder.

“We are here to kickstart the reading habit, the love for reading, and have a huge, amazing, big event also known as the biggest book sale. We create this excitement to make reading cool again, to make reading sexy,” he said.

There is so much poverty in the world.

There is a poor man’s cycle that keeps going round and round where someone comes from an underprivileged began in 2019 through a P28-million ($500,000) partnership with the U.S. Forest Service that strengthened the institutional capacity of PCSD and its law enforcement partners to effectively combat and prevent environmental crimes.

Through this partnership, PCSD was able to reorganize its evidence facility, develop evidence management policies, and improve the proper handling of evidence.

Globally, INL assists partner governments to assess, build, reform, and sustain competent and legitimate criminal justice systems and develop and implement the architecture necessary for cross-border law enforcement cooperation. (Mindanao Examiner) family, and the parents will sometimes unknowingly teach the wrong things to their children because they don’t know better.

"So you teach the wrong things to your kids, but if you throw books in the mix, give the kid a book, read the book, change his mindset, get out of that cycle, and be successful. What more? They will come back and contribute to the economy and the community," Yap shared.

The big bad wolf mission is really about to change people, to change a life one book at a time. The mission is to change a person, to change someone one book at a time. (Jasper Marie O. Rucat)