Join us for a special International Development Week edition of Local Brews + Global Views — this time, for a conversation with Claire Bolton of CODE, an organization that works to promote every child's right to read.

Together, we'll learn how CODE partners with the Liberian WE-CARE Foundation to offer academic tutoring and mentoring in life skills to adolescent girls in primary school who are at risk of dropping out. As part of I Love to Read Month, we'll also hear more about their exciting work with Liberian authors and illustrators to develop culturally relevant children's books and spark a love of reading among children across Liberia.

Bring your coffee & questions and join us online for another 'from home' edition of Local Brews + Global Views, as Claire leads this important discussion about literacy and education.

We will be using Zoom to share this event online, and participants will receive a link by email after registering. Need to join by phone instead? Register and you'll receive the phone-in information.

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Speaker Bio: Claire Bolton

Claire Wanjiru Bolton is a Program Manager at CODE (formerly the Canadian Organization for Development through Education), Canada’s leading international development organization focused uniquely on literacy and education. Working with local partner organizations in Liberia and Ghana, Claire is on a mission to help teachers teach better so that students can learn better. Born and raised in Kenya, Claire moved to Canada a decade ago to earn her M.A. in Globalization and International Development from the University of Ottawa. She is a proud mom of two boys under 3 and is convinced that she struck the lottery when she married Fidele.

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