Welcome to CODE
Celebrating 50 Years of Development through Education
If you can read and write, you can learn to do, and be, anything. That’s the idea behind CODE.
We work with local organizations in developing countries to empower children to learn. In so doing, we deliver an essential, sustainable development solution that endures. Our programs support libraries and teacher training as well as national and local book publishing in about 20 languages in Africa and the Caribbean.
CODE News
March 8 is International Women's Day
"Educate a woman, you educate a nation,” said Deputy President, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka at the 4th annual Women’s Parliament Conference in Cape Town, Africa on Tuesday, 28 Aug. 2007, as she spoke out on the importance for girls education.
Focusing on children and youth is one of the best ways to achieve long-term development and poverty reduction. Paying special attention to educating young women and girls
Read this story on Nelia - An example of how CODE's literacy partnership with Progresso in Mozambique is changing the lives of girls and women.
More About Progresso - CODE's UNESCO Award -winning program in Mozambique
Feb 26, 2010
The Burt Award for African Literature- Supporting and Encouraging a Love of Reading in Young Adults.
January 26, 2010
CODE Celebrates Family Literacy Day with BIG Books at "Tanzanian Tea"
It was a couple of days early but still a wonderful way to celebrate Family Literacy Day!
The basement of St. Thomas Anglican Church in Ottawa bustled with excitement last Sunday as nearly 300 people took part in a delightful "Tanzanian Social Tea."
January 14, 2010CODE and the Reconstruction of Haiti
CODE expresses its deep condolences to the people of Haiti in the face of the terrible tragedy they are enduring. Given the scale and severity of this disaster, CODE has responded to a direct request from the UN which was made to our partner CODE Inc., a global shipping and procurement company. Read more
January 14, 2010
Special Message about Haiti To Project Love Participants
January 13, 2009
Project Love Kits on their Way to Tanzania
December 23, 2009
"CODE Matters"
March 7, 2010
Winter Edition of Ngoma newsletter now available on line
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Celebrating 50 Years of CODE with Anton Kuerti
October 30, 2009
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"Once book reading has become a hobby, all avenues leading to the heart of knowledge are opened and studies become not a tenacious task but an enjoyable venture."
Pilli Dumea, Executive Secretary, Children's Book Project (Partner)
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