Each year, BELRAG awards up to four literacy awards for basic education and literacy projects. Each award is valued at $500. Three awards are provided to Rotary Club projects and one award is provided to a Rotaract Club project. Projects should be currently implemented or ongoing.
The application form for the 2024 Basic Education and Literacy Award is open. Click here to fill out an application. Applications are due no later than September 30, 2024. To see the rubric used for scoring, click here.
Rotarians applying must be current members of BELRAG to apply. Click on the JOIN button at the top of this page to join.
You can find examples of previous award winners in our Project Directory (see tab above).
2023 Awards:
The Rotary Club of Golden Bauhnia, Hong Kong focuses on a multi-faceted approach to learning how new technology can help to shape the future for a group of low-income children. Their goal was for the youth to understand how life technology can shape our future.
The Rotary Club of Grove Oklahoma USA engaged with the Dolly Parton Library which provides free books to children from birth to age five. They located and enrolled local children and paid approximately $1.10 per child to receive a new book each month to create a home library. In the first seven months, they had located 950 eligible students and will continue to locate more children until they have reached ALL eligible children, estimated to be 2020 children.
The Rotaract Club of Santinas Spondylus, Ecuador created a project called the Rotary Rolling Library. They had realized that access to reading material is crucial to educating children but not all children have access to books. “The rolling library seeks to promote the habit of reading from early childhood, bringing children closer to books and encouraging children and adolescents to cultivate a love of reading.”
The Rotary Club of Blackburg Virginia USA developed a project they called “ Giving Hope Through Literacy”. It centers on offering support for beginning and struggling readers in one of their elementary schools and recognizes and reflects the passion of their District Governor, a former librarian.
