My name is Rexa Kapito, I live in Matale Village in Malawi. I have one child and I am a single mother. 

I teach children at the after school camp. Because I live here, I decided to help children from my community to learn to read. The goal is to keep them busy after school so that they don’t engage in activities that have no benefit for their future. So, they come here after school, we read and chat with them a little about books and school, before they return home. 

I did not complete my whole secondary school education, but the education I did have means I am able to read with the children. Since I did not complete my education, I use the opportunity that I have of teaching the children to read, to also read some books myself.  

I love reading. If I had never had access to books I would not have known the things that I do know now. I also would not have been able to do the things that I do now, such as helping the children in my community with reading.  

Most of the children in my community are now able to read because we now have access to books. This was not the case in the past when we had no books. 

I am very thankful to Book Aid International for giving us these books. My prayer is that they should not stop doing this for us and the children.  

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