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Announcing the inaugural winners of the BIAJ Literacy Heroes Award! I-Nation Books & Necessities Di Cawna Library Winsome Wishes for Kids This Boy is Booked #LitHeroJa #BIAJ #literacymatters

Celebrate the joy of reading with your children! 📚 Here are a few titles our #LitHero Luca and his mom are currently enjoying. Which book does your little one love to read? #BIAJ #ReadJamaican #LiteracyMatters

Jamaica’s literacy gap undermines our nation’s economic competitiveness and sustainability. It creates obstacles to fairness across our society. We cannot afford to allow this to continue. We must act now. #BIAJ #ReadJamaican #LiteracyMatters

We awarded our #LiteracyHeroes a cash grant of $75,000 each and our youth awardee $25,000. Each recipient also received medals as a token to recognize their commitment and passion to reading and literacy. 📸 @imaniwilltry / 🎥 @omarijharris

It was a privilege and a delight to mix, mingle and celebrate in honour of our 2022 #LitHero Awardees last night at @StarbucksJAM Check out this recap! Congrats to our winners 👏🏾🥇 #ReadingMatters #BIAJ #Literacy

Grateful that #DiCawnaLibrary has been recognized. Thank you BIAJ. This means so much to us.

The Book Industry Association of Jamaica (BIAJ) is pleased to announce the inaugural winners of the Literacy Heroes Award! The four winners were selected from over 100 nominations, submitted by individuals and organisations representing 10 of Jamaica’s 14 parishes.

Nurturing a community of young readers one book at a time! 🇯🇲 #LitHeroJa #BIAJ #LiteracyMatters

Rise and shine!☀️ Join us Wednesday morning as our Literacy Hero Awardees Di Cawna Library and Winsome Wishes for Kids head over to @CVMTV tomorrow morning to discuss the impact of their respective community programs, you don't want to miss it! #LitHeroJa #BIAJ

Please join us in celebrating these changemakers and the communities they serve! Help us to share their stories 🤝🏾🇯🇲 Special thanks to our partners GrassROOTS Community Foundation and the National Education Association #LitHeroJa #BIAJ #literacymatters

The Literacy Heroes Award was launched in October 2022 to recognize and reward the impact and selfless sacrifices of ordinary Jamaicans, doing extraordinary work in schools and communities across Jamaica.

Announcing the inaugural winners of the BIAJ Literacy Heroes Award! I-Nation Books & Necessities Di Cawna Library Winsome Wishes for Kids This Boy is Booked #LitHeroJa #BIAJ #literacymatters

We are particularly pleased that all our winners’ projects positively impact and transforms lives through reading and literacy islandwide. Each winner will receive a special medal and a grant to support their project at a ceremony to be held on Wednesday March 8th.

Who doesn’t love a good #bookpile? Imagine a world where every child has the opportunity to enjoy a stack of their favourite publications. #LitHeroJa #BIAJ #ReadJamaican #LiteracyMatters

Check your emails!📧📣 We’ll be reaching out to all shortlisted nominees this weekend. A big thank you to all who participated💙 Be sure to stay glued to our pages for all the updates!

The mind is like an umbrella is doesn’t work if it’s not open. #MidWeekMotivation

Did you know that reading for just 6 minutes each day can reduce stress by up to 68%? We’re stress free over here! 👋👋What benefit do you enjoy most about reading? #LitHeroJa #BIAJ #ReadJamaican #LiteracyMatters

A big thank you to the men from @FLOWJamaica and @bkingsrising for showing up for our boys. Special thanks to the @bookindustryja x Book Merchant for guidance on book selections. Our hope is to continue this project into next year. We're happy to have impacted 100 boys.

What if every Jamaican child received a free book/set of reading books every year from birth until their 5th birthday? Imagine forming a positive relationship with knowledge and reading for fun from birth? Imagine the impact on families and communities? ❤️ 📚

Happy Faces all around! 😊😊 Last year for #EducationWeek we sought to empower our youth with the gift of reading through carefully curated CARE packages. Check out this #flashback featuring the Grade 1 students of Hopewell Primary in Treasure Beach. #BIAJ #ReadJamaican

Nomination is closed now!🎊 We are happy to see so many of you doing awesome things in your communities. Good luck to everyone who has been nominated! 🍀Stay tuned to our page for more updates #LitHeroJa #BIAJ #ReadJamaican #LiteracyMatters