My name is Kenneth Harley and I am an American teaching English at Hwawon Middle School in Seoul, South Korea. We are currently working on an English Literacy book drive campaign to acquire books (from children to adult levels) to be a regional resource for educators and librarians in an area where the average student or parent cannot afford to buy English books or English literacy materials.
Where are we now in our book drive?
My school has only a few English teenage to adult books/reference books/comic books/dvds/easy reading literacy materials and I am trying to build more reading materials by requesting donations from individuals, charity organizations, and book publishing companies. See our donors list page and books received count to see progress on how we are doing on our project.
Good News!
As of September 16, 2005 we have been acknowledged by the Korean Government of our good work of raising books to encourage our students at Hwawon. Please see the article:
Most students at our school are the children of hard working parents with modest incomes. English materials are very expensive for students and schools to purchase. Some students have parents that may be able to buy English books in the future. Most families have to focus on other needs that take a precedence over the cost of buying English materials. Yet, in Korea, speaking, writing, and reading in English is a key for our students to be able to get into a University and even gain in their potential for prosperity in the future. Also, many adults that would not be able to further their English skills would benefit from these materials as knowing English here increases the chance of low wages increasing!
I am wondering if you can send our school library a few sample books in English for our library or more books from your company, organization or personal library.
Thank you very much in advance!
Send your book donations to my attention at Hwawon Middle School:
Here is my address:
Kenneth Harley, English Department
Hwawon Middle School
San 144-4, Hwagok 7 dong, Gangseo-gu, Seoul, Korea
(02)2695-8441
What is the easiest and less costly way to ship to South Korea?
Send your items to us by ship and it takes 6-8 weeks but it is much less costly!
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