Stories from the ILF

Our sincere thanks to the Rotary District 9780 in Victoria, who have made a donation of $30,000 to support our Foundation.Â

Even with the challenges of holding such tours throughout lockdown and the lingering effects of COVID-19, Richard has continued to use these bush walks to raise money for the ILF.Â

Mikey Hill, an Australian who was living in the US in 2020, rode his bike from San Francisco to Washington DC from July 8 - August 28, 2020 to raise money for five charities that promote racial justice and equity. Â

In the playgroup at Pularumpi School on Melville Island, babies and toddlers aged 0 to 3 are really getting into the board and picture books delivered by ILF's Book Buzz.

During NAIDOC Week, many communities celebrate in a range of different ways. Whether you are in lockdown or not, you can engage in the celebrations! Here are some of our favourite suggestions from the National NAIDOC Committee.Â

Francesca Jewellery is passionate about giving back. We are so grateful that they have chosen to support ILF through their Awareness Bracelet, raising $22,000 for the Foundation!

At the ILF, we believe that culture, stories, languages and families keep Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children strong. Please give a tax deductible donation this end of financial year because...

The library consists of 17 books including award-winning books by contemporary authors Bruce Pascoe, Anita Heiss and Tara June Winch, among others.

A novel fundraiser at Barker College! We love hearing from people running fundraisers, and the new and exciting ways they find to raise money and awareness for our Foundation. Imagine how excited we were when we heard author and illustrator, Aura Parker, recently held a story time event at Barker College for the launch of her new book, 'The Silly Seabed Song', and raised a fantastic $430 for our Foundation.

The Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF), along with Stick Mob and Gestalt Publishing, are proud to be launching three new graphic novels by four Indigenous creators during NAIDOC Week in Mparntwe (Alice Springs).

About 250 kilometres north-east of Alice Springs, books from ILF's Book Buzz program are being enjoyed by babies and toddlers who live in the remote Arlparra homelands.

To help you start or continue your learning journey on the path to reconciliation, we have selected a range of books, websites, TV series, films and activities that you can explore.Â

The ILF was proud to launch our much anticipated Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) yesterday to mark the beginning of Reconciliation Week 2021, and to demonstrate our ongoing commitment as an organisation to reconciliation.

Parents attending playgroups in the Arlparra (Utopia) homelands in the NT will soon be able to read a popular board book to their babies and toddlers in their first language, thanks to a translation done by a local high school student.

In the wake of the excitement generated last year by The Barramundi Song, sung to the tune of Frere Jacques, ILF is publishing a new series of board books for babies and toddlers in remote communities.

About three and a half hours north of Alice Springs, some 20 kilometres to the east off the Stuart Highway in the NT, lies the community of Alekarenge. Here, four mornings a week, about 20 to 30 zero to five year olds and their parents and carers attend a Families as First Teachers (FaFT) playgroup.

Our Foundation has been working with Families as First Teachers (FaFT) programs for a number of years. FaFT is an early learning and family support program for remote Indigenous families, whose aim is to support children's learning and development, by working with Indigenous families and children prior to school entry.Â