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The Charity

The Learning Paper (TLP) is a UK based registered charity set up in 1999 to support education and relieve poverty of those living in third world or developing countries.

TLP aims firstly to support the education of children from poor families living in third world or developing countries through the provision of reading and writing materials in the form of a newspaper as educational material and through the development of self-learning of children and adults.

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Learning materials are created which improve children’s literacy and numeric skills both whilst in the classroom, at home in the family and within the larger community.

TLP aims secondly to contribute to relieving poverty of those living in third world or developing countries, particularly children, by way of supporting training and developing skills and potential for employment purposes.

Equipment is manufactured, installed and distributed for example clean-burning stoves which ease the time burden and reduces health risks to adults and children in the home.

Pilot projects in Nigeria and Uganda have helped children and adults to achieve functional literacy and numeric skills within the classroom setting and within the family through the child’s personal copy of the paper.

The core activity of TLP is creation of the papers content, production and distribution agreements, partnership development and fundraising. The role of TLP is to transfer the product successfully into widely differing cultural environments, in a cost effective, sustainable manner.

Objectives

  1. To contribute substantially to the education of children and adults who have limited or no access to learning materials.
  2. To involve national governments, their education departments, NGO’s, local community groups and schools in the support and delivery of the programme.
  3. To develop ownership of and participation in the project, among user groups.
  4. To reflect local issues and customs in the learning resource material.
  5. To ensure production and distribution responsibilities are with the recipient country to build capacity and create employment.
  6. To create a financially sound, sustainable product, owned and manage by the community.