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Projects for Children

"WCO English Reading Room" Book Drive
The WCO is organizing a long-term book drive project to compile many hundreds of thousands of children's books and fill sections of libraries all around the world with children’s books and other English learning material. WCO partner libraries will dedicate a section within the library for WCO to fill with books donated by the WCO and people like you.


How you can help

Any kinds of children’s English books and other learning materials are needed. Hardcover, softcover, picture books, chapter books, audio books, and all other children’s learning materials are welcome. No magazines, please.

  1. Organize book drives in your community:
    1. Write to your school districts to ask them to donate their surplus books
    2. Ask your local bookstores to help by donating books
    3. Ask your local bookstores to sell you books below regular cost
    4. Make a poster and put a box to collect books in a local grocery, in your school, or in another location
  2. Donate your own books and ask your friends to do the same
  3. Donate your money so we can purchase books
When you are all done, ship the books to WCO at the following address:

ATTN: WCO English Reading Room Book Drive
World Children’s Organization
P.O. Box 95522
Seattle, WA 98145
U.S.A.


"Build for Tomorrow" Build-a-School Project
Staggering percentages of children in each country are illiterate and have never attended a school. Hundreds of thousands of others are deprived of valuable skills at an early age because their families cannot afford to send them to school. With your help, WCO will build schools, provide books and writing material, train teachers, and give children the gift of education.


Project World Children
We will be travelling to remote parts of China and Taiwan with a group of writers, photographers, and videographers. They will document the condition of the children living there and write a book, produce a documentary, and have a photo exhibition.


My First Books (130 Books)
The My First Books project was started a couple years ago by Andrew and Patrick. The book series is a series of 130 books designed to bridge the gap between the time when the child cannot read, and the time when the child can read without assistance. The 130 books have already been completed, and we are currently seeking funding to print copies and distribute them freely.


Attend the WCO World Children's Summit
We are currently organizing a large meeting to bring the educational issues of the world's children up into the spotlight. This project is still in the initial planning stage. Many speakers will come talk about a variety of challenging educational issues facing children today, and we will start organizing more WCO projects on a large scale.


Online Language Education
Langedu.org was established last year as a comprehensive multimeda database containing stimulating movies, slideshows, and audio clips for an immersive English-learning experience. Langedu.org will soon be expanded to allow community contributions and teach how to make the movies.


School and Hygiene Kits Drive
WCO chapters and volunteers have joined forces to gather invaluable items for school and medical kits such as toothbrushes, soap, pencils, notebooks, bandages, antibiotic ointment, and much more! Lend a helping hand today to benefit hundreds of thousands of the world’s impoverished children and light the world with another smile.


Language Labs
With the proceeds from your donations and fundraising events, WCO will build multimedia facilities stocked with movies, videos, CDs, cassettes, and music for an interactive learning experience. WCO’s learning programs, taught by trained volunteers from our Leaders Tomorrow program, are designed to stimulate and engage children and inspire in them a love for learning.


Drawing and Writing Contests
Art and literature are part of the core of human culture, and both have power to shake the world. Get your school or friends to participate in WCO’s drawing and writing contests to increase awareness of WCO and the children we serve. Winning work will be published into a booklet, printed onto WCO merchandise, and used in our promotion campaigns.