literacy & heritage camps books for learning healthy living series melbourne learning centre aspire attain digital literacy hub ballarat learning centre & district home tutoring indigenous education training literacy and employment readiness program our supporters our partners where we work success stories helpful links digtial literacy hub how you can help make a donation book donation guidelines fundraise for us media shop greeting cards contact us we need your support your ongoing support is vital to help the aboriginal literacy foundation continue its programs to reduce illiteracy among our indigenous population . read more mid year newsletter 2016 our mid year newsletter is now online read more digital literacy hub the aboriginal literacy foundation is extremely proud to announce the arrival of its long awaited digital education and resources platform the aboriginal digital literacy hub dlh . read more books for learning the books for learning program provides literacy resources to help enhance reading and learning at home by encouraging children to read and also parents to read with their children . read more aboriginal literacy foundation news new homework program to open in hamilton victoria homework clubs tuition vic the aboriginal literacy foundation is delighted to announce the opening of a new indigenous homework program in hamilton western victoria . this extends our reach across victoria and is the first of two new study programs planned for 2016 with bairnsdale to follow . the coordinator of the classes will be donald white who will tutor with pauline read more books for learning update books for learning the books for learning program has been operating since 2011 when 5000 literacy packs were distributed across the mid north coast and hunter regions of new south wales . the program has expanded year by year and we are delighted to report that 2015 alone saw the distribution of over 300 000 books . reading and being read read more literacy and heritage camp 5 3 16 vic the first literacy and heritage camp for 2016 was held on saturday the 5th of march in ballarat victoria . 21 children from ballarat and surroundings areas along with parents volunteers and tutors enjoyed a fun and engaging day in the modern surrounds of federation university s ub tech building . after arriving our students went through some read more nadia l king supports aboriginal literacy foundation with new book wa you may wonder what an author in perth the aboriginal literacy foundation and a californian based independent press has in common . they re all passionate about making a difference in the world . these three entities have come together for the release of nadia l king s short story disappointment . nadia a perth based author has nominated the read more programs in focus view all aspire girls program what is the aspire program the aspire program is an aspirational program of academic ... digital literacy hub the digital literacy hub dlh project aims to bring to one interactive digital platform ... attain the attain progam formerly reach for the sky was designed and deployed first in ... like us on facebook aboriginal literacy foundationthis month s issue of crosslight magazine features a profile of keiah an indigenous woman of the yorta yorta nation and a former alf student.keiah is now an educator herself ; playing an important role as aboriginal and torres straight islander support officer at langi kal kal prison . keiah assists the indigenous males with their literacy and helps to prepare them for life outside prison.keiah is still involved with the alf and we re so proud of what she has achieved . ... see moresee less 6 days ago aboriginal literacy foundationcomputer games have long worked as effective tool in literacy and numeracy education . more recently they have been seen for their potential to foster education about indigenous cultures.lizzie marrkilyi ellis and dr inge kral of anu have worked to develop the first computer game spoken in an australian aboriginal language . ... see moresee lessworld first indigenous language video gameabc.net.authe world s first aboriginal australian language video game has put smiles on the faces of indigenous children who never thought they d see their culture reflected in a game . 2 weeks ago aboriginal literacy foundationjonathon saunders is taking his indigenous superhero zero point from his comic book origins to animation . those in darwin can explore the process by viewing comics scripts and storyboards at a new exhibition as part of the darwin international film festival.showing at the mayfair gallery until sunday ... see moresee lessartist takes indigenous superhero to next stage of animationabc.net.aua darwin artist inspired by superheroes and indigenous activist artists is taking his superhero character to the next stage of animation . 3 weeks ago aboriginal literacy foundationyou can learn more about indigenous games by looking through the yulunga resource book . all games are divided into age groups and provide rules teaching points as well as background.why not get outdoors and try a few ausport.gov.au participating resources indigenous full resource ... see moresee lesseducationhq australia reviving indigenous sports through educationau.educationhq.comat st anthony s parish primary in wanniassa school sports isn t simply a matter of dribbling a basketball scoring a goal or hitting a ball . drawing on the school community s input and robust e. . . 1 month ago aboriginal literacy foundationa big thank you to the schools and companies who ve recently undertaken book drives for the aboriginal literacy foundation . we appreciate the care taken to choose and sort the books with some students even including a written message for the children receiving them.in the next few weeks we will be distributing our books into country wa and we re sure the children will love them . ... see moresee less 1 month ago aboriginal literacy foundation the government is talking about a gap . aboriginal people are talking about a crater that superman can t jump over ... you will close nothing unless you actually address the issue of literacy . jack beetson discussed the toll of low literacy in australia from an indigenous perspective on this week s episode of insight reading between the lines . ... see moresee lessthe hidden costs of low literacy in australiasbs.com.authe emotional practical and financial toll of low literacy can be severe particularly in a world that assumes almost everyone can read and write . but around 44 per cent of australian adults lack th ... 2 months ago follow on twitter tweets by aboriginal lit subscribe to our enewsletter email address first name last name required field warning aboriginal and torres strait islander visitors are warned that this website may contain images and voices of deceased persons . copyright 2014 aboriginal literacy foundation .