Books are a great vessel to travel the world and make new discoveries. With that sentiment in mind, some crew members from the Royal Canadian Navy recently visited one of the schools where CODE works in Sierra Leone to share…
In January 2020, the Gay Lea Foundation announced a $15,000 grant to CODE, a registered Canadian charity that has been championing every child’s right to literacy for the last 60 years. The Foundation’s grant will support the Reading Ghana program – helping…
CODE, along with the Alberta Teachers Association (ATA), are pleased to announce the winners from our recent video contest. We asked ATA members to create short videos (up to 60 seconds long) sharing the name of the book they most…
“If you want to make the world a better place, the best way to do that is by empowering people to improve their own lives. That is what CODE does." – Réal Lavergne Since he was a teenager, Réal Lavergne’s…
“Indigenous language revitalization is a powerful goal that elevates the important link between language, development, and reconciliation.” Scott Walter, CODE Executive Director
We're thrilled to be recognized by Global Compact Network Canada in the NGO category for our work towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goal #4 - quality education. Entries were collected from organizations across the private, not-for-profit, and academic sectors across…
CODE is honoured to have been included on Maclean’s recent listing of “Canada’s best charities 2020: Top 100.” Drawing from data gathered by Charity Intelligence, Maclean’s assessed charities on a variety of financial and transparency metrics.
There are now many thousands of books in the countries where CODE works, and the wonderful thing is that we are leaving behind something concrete." Dr.Wendy Saul, CODE Board Member
CODE, The Association of Language and Literacy Educators (TALLE), and the World Bank are working together to test a variety of teacher training models to enhance effectiveness of early-grade literacy instruction in Sierra Leone. According to UNICEF, only five to…
So much to digest from the recent meeting of The Pan-African Literacy for All meeting in Uganda. As a CODE Board member, volunteer and recently retired academic, I travelled to Uganda to introduce the CODE research initiative known as “Context…