https://www.literacywithoutborders.ca/home daily 1.0 2021-01-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e85161d55e05229a92ab439/1609953133014-P5F00TLOS5T675BHQ1M6/Screen+Shot+2021-01-06+at+10.09.48+AM.png Home - Interested in enjoying the best hot sauce in Central America while helping provide literacy resources and support for Belize youth? Well right now, it’s easier—and tastier—than ever! Visit our Marie Sharps Fundraiser page for more information. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e85161d55e05229a92ab439/1590340093850-W27ITZCFKAD6O6N3EC2V/IMG_6875.jpg Home - Computer Assisted Learning Software (CALS) LWB is working with Restore Belize, Handy Tools Ltd. and Belize Ministry of Education, Youth & Sports (MOEYS) to fund sustainability studies for existing CALS programs and implementation of Scholastic LiteracyPro Assessment Software. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e85161d55e05229a92ab439/1585841707327-J2D7QKHY7QWWECPSXAN2/IMG_2104.jpg Home - Rhymes That Bind Rhymes That Bind (RTB) is an oral language development program that promotes positive parenting. Parents learn to enjoy rhymes, finger plays, songs and simple movement games with their infants and toddlers in a supportive peer group. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e85161d55e05229a92ab439/1585840693964-VCB1OWI5G5RVV4YX3ZGC/IMG_6468.jpg Home - Libraries & Graded Readers In many classrooms in South Belize City, students share standard textbooks at a ratio of two or three students to each book. There is limited or no access to books that children would find interesting. LWB works directly with local partners to provide culturally and age-appropriate sets of graded readers for classroom libraries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e85161d55e05229a92ab439/1590247685350-4EKSHEL8HLTP1Z245J9O/Saint+Lukes+Primary+School.JPG Home - Sports Equipment With the help and coordination of many of our local Edmonton and Belize City partners, LWB has gathered, distributed, and facilitated the delivery of sport equipment (including soccer uniforms, soccer balls, basketballs, volleyballs, baseballs equipement, and more) from Canada to Belize. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e85161d55e05229a92ab439/1590340357933-ZORPZB4HEO7QHDWA54PN/IMGP5645.jpg Home - Playground Builds Central to a child’s ability to learn is the stimulation of play. Children must be free to discover, to play and to enjoy outdoor activity. As Maria Montessori famously quoted, “Play is the Work of a Child.” https://www.literacywithoutborders.ca/playground-builds daily 0.75 2020-05-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e85161d55e05229a92ab439/1590343500596-10WWMCVYBDKEEBX35E3A/VID_20180210_130659-ANIMATION.gif Playground Builds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e85161d55e05229a92ab439/1590343573536-4NUE9ZGRH0MZFLWZUC6G/IMG_2444.JPG Playground Builds https://www.literacywithoutborders.ca/about-us daily 0.75 2025-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e85161d55e05229a92ab439/1590374909176-063OAEZTORXHG93DOZNC/IMG_2345.jpg About Us - LITERACY FOR ALL Literacy Without Borders (LWB) is a federally incorporated nonprofit organization based in Edmonton, Alberta. Our three main goals are to (1) develop global citizens, (2) foster lifelong literacy ambassadors, and (3) improve literacy levels for individuals and families. We believe literacy is more than the ability to read and write—it is the foundation for opportunity, dignity, and stronger communities. Through education, we aim to empower people to reach their potential and to foster understanding across borders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e85161d55e05229a92ab439/c00db710-ad4d-41ae-ae63-e258f7596446/IMG_0040.jpg About Us - Jason Bossert, President Jason Bossert is a long time nonprofit advocate. As a commercial insurance broker, Jason assists nonprofit organizations with tailored insurance solutions and corporate governance. Jason is an active volunteer with Literacy Without Borders, Rotary Club of Edmonton West, Rotary District 5370 Playground Committee and various local and international non-profit organizations. Raising 5 children, Jason deeply understands the crucial importance literacy plays in development and opportunity for youth. Everyone should have access to literacy tools. From the ability to read for enjoyment to understanding current events, literacy provides access to the world around us. Literacy is the foundation of peaceful, prosperous and sustainable societies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e85161d55e05229a92ab439/1610306710971-I5ZZOW7XKN1VHJFXMEJF/IMGP6188+2.jpeg About Us - Rain Bossert, Secretary & Communications Director Rain is a recent graduate with a Bachelor of Professional Communication from MacEwan University. She is a Communications Coordinator at Alberta Council for Global Cooperation (ACGC), an Alberta-based non-profit working locally and globally to advance sustainable development and global citizenship. Rain is eager to make a difference and give back to the global community in any way she can. Growing up in a family of seven —four siblings and two parents— Rain has a healthy understanding and respect for how important language literacy is in everyday life and how much it can influence an individual’s future. Rain is in the right place to make connections with younger generations and hopes that this will help bring more awareness to the importance of literacy efforts such as that of Literacy Without Borders. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e85161d55e05229a92ab439/1610305317879-R5TIT66GK9V4DO5UDO3I/JEFF.jpg About Us - Jeff Alliston, Treasurer Jeff Alliston is a partner with Metrix Group LLP, an Alberta-based accounting firm. His specializations include public practice, audit, assurance, consulting, business tax, and personal tax. Jeff serves many clients in the non-profit sector, and therefore has a healthy understanding of the intricacies of these organizations. Outside of work, Jeff enjoys spending time with family, golfing, and shopping for plants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e85161d55e05229a92ab439/1610306803663-V99ZFBFBZ3YYDJSJSIKE/1.png About Us - Lorraine Enge, Board Member & Education Consultant Lorraine is a parent, partner, university graduate with two degrees, former collegiate athlete, and volunteer coach, with experience working in an educational environment with marginalized and vulnerable populations. She is passionate about contributing to cutting-edge education projects and programs rooted in social justice and equality frameworks. With international and local teaching experience, Lorraine hopes to bring practical and theoretical literacy expertise to the Literacy Without Borders team and its projects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e85161d55e05229a92ab439/1592783342840-J08BWOXJZ6IWSESECUHJ/1.jpg About Us - Casey Edmunds, Board Member After 15 years in Alberta working on different arts, youth and community projects, Casey is currently the Executive Director of the Victoria 2020 Canadian Francophone Games, a national event for French-speaking youth aged 14 to 18 years old. He continues to support community driven events, this time in a city he knows somewhat well, as Victoria is his hometown where he can spend quality time with his family. He will lead the charge of this national event until Fall 2020, after which he will look for something new! “Education is at the crossroads of opportunity and possibility”, this is what I remember from LWB founder, Randy Boissonnault. Having visited Belize a couple times, I witnessed the desperate need for literacy initiatives in Belize. Moreover, the look on a child’s face once they’ve completed another level on the CALS computer program, or finished a chapter in a book is overwhelmingly energizing and encouraging! https://www.literacywithoutborders.ca/libraries-graded-readers daily 0.75 2020-05-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e85161d55e05229a92ab439/1590350613213-43BQZPAGOQTE8BXFUDRZ/B40AC089-35DA-40CF-9CAB-ECCCD61C1743.jpg Libraries & Graded Readers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e85161d55e05229a92ab439/1590350650672-CJA7DBVJOCGZ9FLVCSJ1/IMG_20180215_102947.jpg Libraries & Graded Readers https://www.literacywithoutborders.ca/computer-assisted-literacy-software daily 0.75 2020-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e85161d55e05229a92ab439/1590355867341-77QPPM1YY4AZ67V66MFR/IMG_6875.JPG Computer Assisted Literacy Software (CALS) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e85161d55e05229a92ab439/1590354510811-OOL4DJLN56XEU7Z8IXH0/IMG_6866.JPG Computer Assisted Literacy Software (CALS) https://www.literacywithoutborders.ca/rhymes-that-bind daily 0.75 2020-05-24 https://www.literacywithoutborders.ca/sports-equipment daily 0.75 2020-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e85161d55e05229a92ab439/1590451201350-KZLMX7KSX6JWIF7ZUAZL/IMG_20180214_153757.jpg Sports Equipment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e85161d55e05229a92ab439/1590366678910-8CWD9OEK007MRWPFUN5T/Primary+school+games.JPG Sports Equipment https://www.literacywithoutborders.ca/contact-us daily 0.75 2020-06-22 https://www.literacywithoutborders.ca/september-2020 daily 0.75 2020-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e85161d55e05229a92ab439/1599580066465-QO80IIMQ4I399XBHETSB/September+2020+Newsletter%2C+Page+2.png September 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e85161d55e05229a92ab439/1599580031273-MAPJY7TT5S1H73IISK1U/September+2020+Newsletter%2C+Page+1.png September 2020 https://www.literacywithoutborders.ca/marie-sharps-fundraiser daily 0.75 2021-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e85161d55e05229a92ab439/1609954677958-IC0F2Y6KTMD2GEMUFNKW/IMG_20180213_141103.jpg Marie Sharp's Fundraiser https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e85161d55e05229a92ab439/1609954689808-GYUWMB76OA5I4BEKPO2U/rotary-celebrates-png-logo-16.png Marie Sharp's Fundraiser https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e85161d55e05229a92ab439/1609954610860-2K0CXU5JU1BWFZCDA98I/Screen+Shot+2021-01-06+at+10.36.39+AM.png Marie Sharp's Fundraiser - FOR MORE INFORMATION, AND ORDERING, VISIT MARIESHARPSCANADA.COM/ROTARY https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e85161d55e05229a92ab439/1609954720719-XIHLWQQ6OF8J1E76I3YP/Hot%2BSauce%2521.jpg Marie Sharp's Fundraiser