原住民族語言與文化教育基金會認為澳洲原住民族應該跟其他國民一樣享有同等的教育、就業和社會機會。然而，在原住民社區裡，原住民普遍缺乏識字能力的現象，在原住民族參與一般人都能勝任的活動時造成困擾。該基金會為北澳地區、昆士蘭、西澳、南澳與新威爾斯等兩百個處於偏遠地區的原住民社區，提供書籍與識字資源以緩解這些原住民地區在語言與文化上所處的劣勢。該基金會藉著三種方式來建立識字程度，並經由各個計劃來提升成效：（1）傳統文化素養之提升：使人與人之間尤其是年青人，使他們能夠與自己的文化和傳統語言連結；（2）生活實用上素養之提升：開發日常活動所需的技能；（3）英語程度之提升：加強英語聽說讀寫能力。
The Indigenous Literacy Foundation believes that Australia’s Indigenous people should enjoy the same education, employment and societal opportunities as other citizens. However, a lack of literacy skills among Indigenous communities is a common and critical barrier to participating in activities that many of us take for granted. To help alleviate this literacy disadvantage, our Foundation works to provide access to books and literacy resources to over 200 remote Indigenous communities in Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia and New South Wales. The Foundation uses a three-way approach to building literacy and each of our projects aims to promote: 1. Cultural Literacy – connecting people, particularly young people, to their culture and traditional language; 2. Practical literacy – developing the skills needed for daily activities; 3. English literacy – promoting skills in English reading, writing, speaking and listening. |
