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You should have seen the beautiful Tinga Tinga Tales books from Puffin by now.

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The Pearson Foundation “Read a Book, Give a Book” scheme is well under way. When readers log on to www.wegivebooks.org and read a Tinga Tinga Tale online they have the opportunity to send a Tinga Tinga Tales book to Africa.

But the story doesn't end there. Pearson Foundation has created a fantastic Early Child Development programme for primary school teachers in Tanzania and Kenya. This innovative programme uses Tinga Tinga Tales books and films to inspire and educate children with loads of ideas for the classroom making sure that learning for the young has never been such fun.

So far over 300 primary school teachers have received training and over 10,500 books have been distributed to underprivileged schools. And we hope to do lots more... keep reading, and keep clicking!

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Safaricom and Citizen TV in Kenya

Tinga Tinga Tales launched in Kenya last year with an amazing event in Nairobi Game Park sponsored by Safaricom, the leading Telecommunications Company in Kenya. Children from all walks of life bounced on castles, had their faces painted, ate cake, danced live with Eric Wainaina (Tinga Tinga Tales composer) and his band, and even took home Tinga Tinga Tales goodie bags! And that was just the launch of the TV series broadcast by Royal Media Services, on their Citizen TV channel, the largest National TV channel in Kenya!

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But like everything with Tinga Tinga Tales, our partners are doing much much more! Safaricom and Citizen TV are going to pay for the construction of Tinga Tinga Tales classrooms. The initial investment of 20.8million Kenyan shillings will see over 45 classrooms being added to some of the most underprivileged schools around Kenya.

Safaricom has sponsored a mobile Cinema to take Tinga Tinga Tales to some of the more rural areas of Kenya, making sure that young children and their families are entertained all over the country. The message is simple. Education can be fun... “The more you know! The More you Grow!” and the more likely you are to have a real chance in life. The Mobile Cinema is touring all over Kenya for 2 years doing 2 shows a day with the ambition of reaching over half a million children.