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Help us build better communities through books.
You can become a Duffy Funding Partner today! We need your support to get more books into the hands of kiwi kids. It costs approximately $50 for all of the perks a Duffy kid receives each year.
Your support will contribute to our mahi
Duffy kids receive at least 6 books a year to own
Visits from Duffy Theatre and inspiring Role Models
Book Awards in Weekly Assemblies and Special Events
Support for Whanau & Schools of Duffy Kids
Currently, only 60% of 15-year-olds in New Zealand are achieving above the most basic level of reading*
60%
Students’ achievement in reading and writing is decreasing over their time at school. For example, in writing, 63% of year 4 students are achieving at or above the curriculum level, however, by year 8 this figure has dropped to just 35% of students*
35%
Statistics sourced from: “The state of literacy; how bad are things and why does it matter?”
Jonathan Simpson
Goodman Foundation