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2012 IRA International Affiliates Grants and Awards

 | Jul 12, 2012

The International Reading Association honored our international affiliates at the awards ceremony on Sunday, April 30, 2012, at the IRA 58th Annual Convention in Chicago. Victoria Risko, Amy Kushner, Carrice Cummins, Marcie Craig Post, and Maureen McLaughlin present awards to members of IRA’s International Development Coordinating Committee accepted awards on behalf of the international affiliates and grant recipients. This year’s ceremony marked the start of a new tradition of including international affiliates in this annual awards ceremony. 


International Affiliates Grants and Awards

Anastasia Reva, Russia, Volzhskiy Literacy Project

Jacqueline Leigh, Sierra Leone, Seli River Writing Project

Jessie B. Fagans, Liberia, Liberian Books for Liberian Children

Heidi Baer-Postigo, Bolivia, Kids Books Bolivia

Dr. Ann Nkechi Iheonu, Nigeria, Establish Reading Centers in Owerri

Nwigwe Ngozi, Nigeria, Developing Teachers’ Capacity for Teaching Pupils Initial Reading Skills

Samuel Andema, Uganda, Promoting Digital Literacy in Ugandan Education: An ICT Laboratory and Community Resources

 

Constance McCullogh Award

Jackson Mukasa Kizza, Uganda, Empowering the Ugandan Child through Reading

 

International Membership Awards

Africa: Reading Association of Nigeria

Asia: Reading Association of the Philippines

Caribbean: Trinidad and Tobago Reading Association

Eurasia: Kazakhstan Reading Association

Europe: Reading Association of Russia

Latin America: Consejo Puebla de Lectura, Mexico

Oceania: Australian Literacy Educators’Association

 

Longest Standing International Affiliate Awards

Africa: Reading Association of Nigeria

Asia: Japan Reading Association

Caribbean: Jamaica Reading Association

Eurasia: Kazakhstan Reading Association

Europe: Læsepædagogen Danish Council of International Reading Association

Latin America: Sociedad de Dislexia Del Uruguay

Oceania: Australian Literacy Educators’ Association.

 

International Awards

Photo by Chuck Fazio Photography.

This article is reprinted from the June/July 2012 issue of Reading Today. IRA members can read the interactive digital version of the magazine here. Nonmembers: join today!





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