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We are Community-led, responding to requests from remote Communities for culturally relevant books, including early learning board books, resources, and programs to support Communities to create and publish their stories in languages of their choice. </p><p class="space-lg-hor text-center"><br> </p> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="container content-sm"> <div class="row mcms-programs-section"> <div class="col-sm-4 md-margin-bottom-40"> <div class="thumbnails-v1"> <div class="thumbnail-img"> <img class="img-responsive" src="https://www.indigenousliteracyfoundation.org.au/site/user-assets/mcms_cb_resized/waynequilliam22ilfapy-(101)-2.jpg" alt="" data-orig="/site/user-assets/Fundraising Resource Kit/WayneQuilliam22ILFAPY (101).JPG" style="margin: 0px; float: none; box-sizing: content-box; width: auto; height: auto;" id="imageCounter1"> </div><div class="doodle-col1"></div> <div class="caption"> <h3><a href="https://www.indigenousliteracyfoundation.org.au/book-supply" title="" target="_blank">Book Supply</a></h3><p>Gifts new, culturally relevant books to remote Communities across Australia.</p><p></p><div class="edit"><div class="col-sm-4 md-margin-bottom-40"><div class="thumbnails-v1"><div class="caption"><p></p></div></div></div><div class="col-sm-4 md-margin-bottom-40"><div class="thumbnails-v1"></div></div></div><p></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-4 md-margin-bottom-40"> <div class="thumbnails-v1"> <div class="thumbnail-img"> <img class="img-responsive" src="https://www.indigenousliteracyfoundation.org.au/site/user-assets/mcms_cb_resized/waynequilliam22ilfapy-(100)-2.jpg" alt="" data-orig="/site/user-assets/Fundraising Resource Kit/WayneQuilliam22ILFAPY (100).JPG" style="margin: 0px; float: none; box-sizing: content-box; width: auto; height: auto;" id="imageCounter2"> </div><div class="doodle-col2"></div> <div class="caption"> <h3><a href="https://www.indigenousliteracyfoundation.org.au/book-buzz" title="" target="_blank">Book Buzz</a></h3> <p>Aims to develop familiarity and engagement with books for children under five.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-sm-4"> <div class="thumbnails-v1"> <div class="thumbnail-img"> <img class="img-responsive" src="https://www.indigenousliteracyfoundation.org.au/site/user-assets/mcms_cb_resized/waynequilliam22ilfapy-(140)-2.jpg" alt="" data-orig="/site/user-assets/Fundraising Resource Kit/WayneQuilliam22ILFAPY (140).JPG" style="margin: 0px; float: none; box-sizing: content-box; width: auto; height: auto;" id="imageCounter3"> </div><div class="doodle-col3"></div> <div class="caption"> <h3><a href="https://www.indigenousliteracyfoundation.org.au/community-literacy-programs" title="" target="_blank">Community Publishing </a></h3> <p>Support Communities to write and illustrate their own stories in languages of their choice.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <grammarly-extension data-grammarly-shadow-root="true" style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; pointer-events: none;" class="cGcvT"></grammarly-extension><grammarly-extension data-grammarly-shadow-root="true" style="mix-blend-mode: darken; position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; pointer-events: none;" class="cGcvT"></grammarly-extension> <div class="container content-sm"> <div class="text-center"> <a href="/what-we-do" class="btn-u btn-brd btn-brd-hover btn-u-blue">More about our programs <i class="fa fa-angle-right" aria-hidden="true"></i></a> </div> </div> <div class="footer-promo"><div class="container"> <div class="col-md-12"> <div class="footer-promo-text"> <div class="h2-container"><h2>Make a<br>difference</h2></div> <p>Your donation helps provide culturally relevant books and learning resources to children and families living in remote Communities across Australia. 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