Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF)

Origins: 

The origins of the Indigenous Literacy Foundation can be traced back to Suzy Wilson, owner of Riverbend Books and ILF Founder, who in 2004 launched the Riverbend Readers’ challenge with the objective of raising funds to improve literacy rates in remote Australia. Suzy partnered with the Fred Hollows Foundation and in 2007, the initiative was known as the Indigenous Literacy Project. In 2011, it was renamed the Indigenous Literacy Foundation, an independent charity of the Australian Book Industry. Since its advent in 2011, ILF has collaborated with more than 400 remote Communities, gifted just over 752,800 books, supplied 90 playgroups with early literacy Book Buzz resources, and published 183 books in 26 different Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages.

About ILF:

The Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) is a Community-led, not-for-profit organisation that works closely with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander remote Communities across Australia to provide the tools and resources they request to shape the direction of their children’s literacy future. They work towards providing these Communities with access to quality resources including culturally-relevant books written in First Languages as well as programs that focus on the publication of Community stories in First Languages.