in homes type charitable foundation industry education founded 1994 headquarters auckland new zealand key people alan duff founder kevin drinkwater chairman linda vagana general manager 1 services education literacy number of employees 15 20 website www.booksinhomes.org.nz duffy books in homes is the trading name of the alan duff charitable foundation . it is a new zealand registered literacy focused charitable organization 2 which has links to similar organisations in the united states 3 and australia . 4 contents 1 history 2 operations 3 funding 4 results 5 references 6 external links history edit the programme was conceived in 1992 when the author alan duff visited camberley school in hastings new zealand . according to principal peter johnstone alan was appalled to see so many children come from bookless homes . 5 following a meeting with philanthropist christine fernyhough in 1994 the alan duff charitable foundation was legally formed . the official launch of the programme then known as books in homes took place at tairangi school 6 in wellington on 24 august 1995 and was attended by then prime minister jim bolger . the programme began with 80 schools 16 000 students and 14 sponsors . in 2012 the programme reported more than 530 schools almost 100 000 students and more than 200 sponsors . 7 notable personalities who were once students in duffy books in homes schools include bmx rider sarah walker and miss world new zealand 2010 cody yerkovich . 8 operations edit the programme has a stated aim of inspiring a love of books in duffy children so they become adults who inspire a love of reading . its core function is as a form of book club in which students at low decile primary and intermediate schools in new zealand order books from a brochure which are then presented at role model assemblies at the end of three school terms . each child participating receives a minimum of five new books each year . additional components of the programme include annual awards for parents and grandparents effort in reading and writing and excellence in attitude . there are also weekly book awards for good behaviour . 9 two troupes of performers visit the majority of schools in the programme annually to perform a literacy focused stage show . in 2016 the duffy theatre performs a show entitled duffy s time travel mission . 10 the programme is also offered in a limited format to early childhood education centres under the name ready for reading . 11 funding edit duff stipulated that schools bear some of the cost of funding the programme themselves . schools fund approximately one third of the cost of the programme with the remaining costs being met by the new zealand government and private sponsorship . 12 major sponsors include mainfreight scholastic ernst & young carter holt harvey rotary te puni k kiri norm hewitt and new zealand post . 13 results edit research undertaken in 1996 and 1997 by dr warwick elley suggested that year 5 and 6 children in eight schools improved their reading ability by 35 % more than they would have without the duffy programme . 14 references edit our people duffy books in homes . booksinhomes.org.nz . retrieved 2011 07 14 . home duffy books in homes . booksinhomes.org.nz . retrieved 2011 07 14 . duffy books in homes usa home . bihusa.org . retrieved 2011 07 14 . brian engert . books in homes australia . biha.com.au . retrieved 2011 07 14 . building libraries not prisons . tpk.govt.nz . retrieved 2011 07 14 . 1 millionth book presented at mana school scoop news . scoop.co.nz . 24 august 1999 . retrieved 2011 07 14 . our history duffy books in homes . booksinhomes.org.nz . retrieved 2013 05 15 . 15 years of duffy books in homes . voxy.co.nz . retrieved 2011 07 14 . what we do duffy books in homes . booksinhomes.org.nz . retrieved 2011 07 14 . theatre home duffy books in homes . booksinhomes.org.nz . retrieved 2013 05 15 . preschools home duffy books in homes . booksinhomes.org.nz . retrieved 2011 07 14 . become a duffy school duffy books in homes . booksinhomes.org.nz . retrieved 2011 07 14 . our supporters duffy books in homes . booksinhomes.org.nz . retrieved 2011 07 14 . nzine alan duff s books in homes programme alan duff books in homes literacy reading problems illiteracy reading skills new zealand schools once were warriors hero role models caught being goo . nzine.co.nz . retrieved 2011 07 14 . external links edit new zealand herald article retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title duffy books in homes & oldid 734306322 categories educational charitieseducational foundationschildren s charitiescharities based in new zealandhidden categories use dmy dates from october 2011 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout 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