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Brief description of current ISHK Programs This is a representative description of some of the programs ISHK is currently running. ALL ABOUT ME ISHK is developing a series of books for middle-school children on what we know about who we are. Currently, initial ideas have been outlined for important subjects such as memory, persuasion, and emotions; illustrators are being lined up; and educators and psychologists are writing and reviewing the content. The first book will provide a model for the other titles. Read More... AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIAL CD, DVDS AND VIDEOS We have a goal to make Hoopoe Books and ancillary materials available in multi-media for greater exposure. Volunteers who are video professionals initiated this project. They have donated their time, abilities and all facilities, from start to finish. Our contribution here has been to approve everything and coordinate additional help needed. Other volunteers have provided graphic, editorial and duplication help. At this time, we have audio versions of all current Hoopoe titles except The Magic Horse available and video versions of The Boy Without a Name, The Lion Who Saw Himself in the Water and The Old Woman and the Eagle are in production.
BOOKS FOR AFGHANISTAN PROJECT The stories depicted in Hoopoe Books, collected and adapted for children by Afghan author Idries Shah, can be traced to the rich cultural and literary traditions of Afghanistan and surrounding regions.
THE BOOK SERVICE OFFICE plays a variety of roles in the operation of ISHK. While the principal function of the office is to receive and process all orders for the company, it also manages inventory and numerous special projects associated with publishing, literacy and other ongoing ISHK programs. This office is handled by one full-time administrative position and one part-time position with the aid of several volunteers. CANADA INSTITUTE FOR CROSS-CULTURAL EXCHANGE (ICE) The goal of ICE is to get Teaching-Stories to literacy programs in Canada for at-risk children. This new nonprofit has been established by volunteers associated with ISHK in Canada. ICE is already distributing an initial shipment of The Lion Who Saw Himself in the Water and is setting up procedures to enable it to raise funds to provide more Hoopoe titles in both French and English editions to children in need. If you live in Canada and can help, please contact ICE. CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR PSYCHOLOGISTS This is a large program that has assembled almost 200 courses for psychologists, introducing them to the most advanced ideas in the field. It takes professionals to select the books for the courses, writers to produce the needed tests, editors, and a lot of brochure production work. ISHK mails some 250,000 brochures and processes about 2000 orders per year. Read More... EARLY EDUCATION CURRICULA This program's goal is to get Teaching-Stories into mainstream education for grades pre-K 6. Volunteers have been developing this material over the last two years. In addition, Hoopoe Books educators are working on the Train the Trainer program for preschool educators to train teachers to use these stories in preschool classrooms. The program and workshops for them will be piloted in 2006. (see also Audio-Visual) FUNDRAISING Our goal is to develop grant proposals and seek funding for our projects from outside corporate and/or foundation sources. Volunteers are helping to develop a professional proposal with all accompanying statistical, financial and factual information, initially for the Share Literacy and All About Me programs, but eventually for all the work of ISHK. GRAPHIC WORK This project involves creating manuals, newsletters, teacher and parent guides, brochures and flyers, publicity and informational material on our programs. ISHK is constantly looking for professionals in this area because of the growing need in our programs. HUMAN NATURE WEBSITE ISHK is working on an independent website dedicated to this important subject. In the meantime, ISHK has published on our main website summaries of important work in the human sciences which have been written by experts who have made them available to us on a gratis basis. These summaries have been organized into categories to provide information on why we have come to think the way we do, categories from human universals to math and music, and so on. Read More... ISHK IMPRINTS
LIBRARY PROJECT The goal is to ensure that the work of Idries Shah becomes part of as many permanent collections as possible in school, public and university libraries throughout the country. LOS ALTOS OFFICE The Los Altos staff consists of 1 full-time and 2 part-time office staff members and 2 corporate supervisory personnel. Every aspect of ISHK projects is overseen and administered in the Los Altos office. OCTAGON PRESS ISHK is the sole importer for Octagon in the US and Canada. We promote and provide these books to retail customers and to major distributors. Our goal is to make Octagon titles easily available in both countries. This requires a lot of liaison with distributors and booksellers as well as meeting the requirements of the online companies. See Octagon Press. PUBLIC RELATIONS Our goal is to promote the work of ISHK and all its programs. ISHK volunteers help to provide expert advice and technical skills toward this goal. RIGHTS Our goal is to research and sell the right to publish foreign editions of Hoopoe Books to reputable publishing companies. SHARE LITERACY The major goals of this project are to get Teaching-Stories into the hands of at-risk children through established centers and to provide measurable and qualitative statistics on the benefits of our curricula through pilot programs at these centers. Volunteers contact programs serving this community. We provide complete curricula with Home Literacy Kits and Early Literacy Teachers Guides and Training Workshops, or only the books, as required. We hope to cover the cost of these pilot programs through grants and the assistance of:
SYMPOSIA In April 2006, ISHK presented a new symposium in Boston linking Shah's work with larger issues in society and religion. The title of the symposium was The Core of Early Christian Spirituality: Its Relevance to the World Today and featured speakers Elaine Pagels, Bart Ehrman, Marvin Meyer and Robert Ornstein. This effort involved many months of preparation, and we hope it will be the first of many in the coming years. Read More... UK DISTRIBUTION OF HOOPOE BOOKS Volunteers help us work with our current UK distributor, Ragged Bears Ltd. The Boston staff helps with the shipment of books and Los Altos staff help with ads, catalog listings, and website updates. WEBSITES Our staff and over 6 volunteers design, maintain and update all our websites: the main ISHK website, the MalorBooks and Hoopoekids websites, as well as the RobertOrnstein.com website, the Shareliteracy.org and the Volunteer Resources site. WORKSHOPS Our goal is to inform the public through hands-on workshops of the value of Teaching-Stories for child and adult development. (see also Audio-Visual, Early Education Curricula, and Share Literacy) ISHK Affiliates CANADA INSTITUTE FOR CROSS-CULTURAL EXCHANGE (ICE) The goal of ICE is to get Teaching-Stories to literacy programs in Canada for at-risk children. This new nonprofit has been established by volunteers associated with ISHK in Canada. ICE is already distributing an initial shipment of The Lion Who Saw Himself in the Water and is setting up procedures to enable it to raise funds to provide more Hoopoe titles in both French and English editions to children in need. If you live in Canada and can help, please contact ICE. * * * These are only our main projects which are dependent on the help of volunteers and supporters of all kinds. If you see a project you are interested in, please contact our volunteer/support hotline at 1-800-366-2696 and let us know! Or, you can volunteer or donate directly via our secure website.
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