In December, you can pay for a charity tea with storybooks at 11 pastry shops across the country. The books donated at these establishments will serve a charitable purpose: they will be sent to small settlements without bookstores or libraries.
The book collection campaign aims to raise awareness of the importance of reading. According to the latest OECD data, 33% of 25 to 64-year-olds in Hungary, i.e. one in three adults, are functionally illiterate.
People struggling with this problem are only able to understand short texts containing little distracting information. At the same time, reading difficulties in many children could be prevented if they regularly experienced the joy of reading from an early age, as these experiences not only entertain but also develop language skills, vocabulary, and concentration.
However, reading is not possible everywhere: hundreds of libraries have closed in Hungary over the past three decades. In fact, according to some estimates, around 30-35% of schools do not have the possibility to borrow books.
Alarmed by these figures, a group of psychologists, educators, and media professionals is now asking families who read regularly to help encourage children who do not have access to exciting storybooks due to the lack of bookstores or libraries in their communities.
The organizers are encouraging parents to find a storybook at home that they consider to be excellent reading material and that could help others discover the joy of reading.
The group’s statement says that the festive holiday period in December is particularly suitable for encouraging others to read:
books as gifts provide children with a positive emotional experience and can have a long-term motivating effect on reading.
Parents who read regularly are being asked to discuss with their children at home which book they find inspiring and would like to pass on to other children. These books can be dropped off at the collection points of the “A Cup of Love” (“Egy Csésze Szeretet”) campaign between December 1 and 22.
The first pastry shop to accept storybooks brought in by locals and tourists from December 1 is located in Balatonlelle. After Márton Cukrászda in Balatonlelle, other locations will continuously join the charity campaign, said Katalin Kiss, one of the organizers of the campaign.
The following confectioneries have joined the campaign:
- Siófok – #hashtEGG Toyee Kalandpark
- Balatonkenese – Eleven Cukrászda
- Balatongyörök – Promenád Kávézó
- Balatonlelle – Márton Cukrászda
- Tihany – Énidő Specialty Cafe
- Balatonfüred – Bergmann Cukrászda
- Budapest – Egy csipet torta
- Telki – Kovászda
- Bükfürdő – Jóska Bácsi Brasserie
- Budaörs – Krállik Kovászda
- Páty – Kovászda
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