Adarna Group Foundation is committed to creating communities of readers in the Philippines.
It aims to develop the habit of reading and love for books of Filipino children, starting from the prenatal period until preschool age. These programs can be integrated into the existing practices, resources, and systems of local government units, with the mission to capacitate learning partners with various community and home interventions on early learning and early reading.
Unang Isang Libong Araw
In support of RA 11148 or the “Kalusugan at Nutrisyon ng Magnanay Act,” Unang Isang Libong Araw provides learning sessions and materials for health workers and parents on the first 1000 days of life in the areas of health, nutrition, and early stimulation.
Unang Isang Libong Araw has been implemented in four municipalities.
As the first point of contact of expecting parents, the rural health unit is the main implementing arm of the program. Its staff receive training on promoting and including early literacy in maternal health, prenatal care, and early child development, to support parents of zero- to two-year-old children.
The program includes eight training videos and three booklets for both learning partners (parents and rural health workers).
Magsimulang Magbasa
In support of RA 12199 or the “Early Childhood Care and Development System Act,” Magsimulang Magbasa equips parents and child development workers with the information, materials, and skills necessary to enhance the reading readiness skills of three- to four-year-old children.
Magsimulang Magbasa has partnered with one foundation and 65 child development centers for its first year of implementation.
There are two main implementing arm for this program: child development workers and parents. Both are given learning and reading interventions to teach reading readiness skills at school and cultivate the culture of reading at home.
The main goal is to prepare three- to four-year-old child development center students for reading. The program includes the provision of training manual and Adarna House Big Books for each child development worker, and training manual, and Adarna House Picture Books for each parent.
It has distributed over 10,000 reading materials, capacitated 65 child development workers, and supported 1,968 parents and children.
