Camberley School in Hastings is our founder school. Since the programme began in their school , "we have gone from strength to strength" says principal Peter Johnstone. Here are some findings from Camberley:

• A closeness between community and school
• Improved attitudes all round
• No bullying
• No truancy
• Vandalism has fallen from $15,000 to $1,500 a year
• Proud students
• A willingness to cooperate
• A hunger to learn
• A love of books
• A respect of property, each other, and one's self
• Duffy kids take these qualities to High School with them

• An ex-pupil whose ambition is to be the first Maori dux of the prominent local private girl's school she attends - she is well on her way to achieving that goal.
• Two parents who have gone back to high school to finish their education and make up the time they wasted before they realised it meant something - so they can show their kids that's what they expect for them too.
• The prison inmate who wants to learn to read "because I've got kids at Camberley and they've got all these books there and when I get out of here, I want to be able to read with them so they won't end up in here like me." The same inmate said to his fellow inmates, "Do you want to share a cell with your son?" ANOTHER CYCLE BROKEN.

There are several ways of supporting Books in Homes. You may wish to sponsor a school and enjoy the partnership that develops as a result. Or you may wish to make a donation towards the cost of the books for unsponsored schools and various other elements of the Books in Homes programme.