Get beautiful Book Dash books to children in your community to bring them joy, support their health and happiness and build their future -- all you have to do is send our book files to a copy shop or printer and they will do the rest!
"We’re so glad you’re here! We can’t wait to work together and spread the magic of books in your community. Now it’s time to stop only imagining young children in your community with books in their hands and smiles on their faces and actually work towards making it a reality. The Book Dash team will guide you in selecting a few Book Dash books that reflect the context and realities of the children in your community and help you find a local printer that can print 1,000+ books. You will also receive the necessary resources to identify partners in your community so that the children receive these books to own, absolutely free." - Zanri Kritzinger
You can manage the project at your own pace! We suggest 3-7 days to understand the Book Dash printing process and map out your plan. 3-7 days to find a reliable printer. 7-14 days to visit local organisations to decide where/how to distribute the books. 7-14 days to allow for the books to be printed and distributed. 14-21 days to document your process.
If you’re reading this and can see the ‘funding available’ sign in your region, you might be eligible to receive all the necessary funding required to implement 'Books for Bright Futures' in your local community.
Once you've completed your ChangeX 30 Day Challenge successfully and funding has been allocated to you, you should follow 'Step 1' of the accessible toolkit under resources (this includes detailed instructions of how to reach Book Dash). (Make sure to open the toolkit for your region - South Africa, United States, Ireland.)
We will set up a 30-minute introduction call where we will explain the process, timelines, resources you’ll need and what to get in place in order to document every step of the process so that you can replicate the programme again and again. We also will discuss how to identify potential distribution partners in your community that will benefit from the programme and this will also be an opportunity for you to ask all the questions you might have.
Are you ready? Let’s get started! With our support, you’ll soon:
Book Dash will provide you with guidelines/help/training to best:
select the type of books to print (wordless or with text)
select the language of the books to print
download the electronic files and prepare the books for printing
Book Dash will provide you with guidelines/help/training to best:
search for and select potential printers
get quote from different printers and sign a contract with the best-suited one
organise a visit with your printer to meet them and see how they work
checking the first printed books before giving the go-ahead for the big print run
Book Dash will provide you with guidelines/help/training to best:
search for and select distribution partners to team up with to get the books to the children in the most efficient way possible
creating a tracking system to document the process and share it with the distribution partners - from receiving the books from the printers, to where they finally are in the childrens’ hands
Book Dash will provide you with guidelines/help/training to best:
make sure that the printed books reach the children after receiving it from the printers
initiate some training based on best practices around book sharing
Remember, if you’re reading this and can see the ‘funding available’ sign in your region, you might be eligible to receive all the necessary funding required to implement 'Books for Bright Futures' in your local community.
