Project of the year - Innovation
Project: Reading dogs – dog-aided reading support for primary school children in Mannheim | Awardee: Malteser Hilfsdienst e. V. Mannheim
Reading dogs help students read and understand texts
Around a quarter of all fourth graders in Germany have reading problems and do not meet the minimum standard for reading comprehension required to lay the foundation for participating in society and achieving success at school and in the workplace. Following good experience with visits by trained dog-and-handler teams to kindergartens, primary school children in deprived areas of Mannheim will now also be able to read aloud to friendly dogs one-on-one in a relaxed atmosphere, increasing their learning success. The funding will also finance PR work for finding and training more dog-and-handler teams.
Find more information about the project here.