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The 2008 Rally to Read by numbers

  • R5.7-million – the amount raised for rural education.

  • R3-million – value of books delivered to schools.

  • R2-million – the value of the teacher development programme.

  • R700 000 - spent on monitoring and evaluation.

  • R20 000 - cost of full sponsorship.

  • 38 930 – number of learners that have improved their reading and writing skills.

  • 1 300 – number of Rally participants over the 11 years of existence.

  • 420 – number of off-road vehicles used to visit the schools.

  • 153 – number of different schools that have benefited.

  • 100 – number of individual and corporate sponsors.

  • 11 – the number of years the Rally to Read has been in existence.