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Show your appreciation to our healthcare heroes! With a Correctbook, you give a thoughtful Nurses Day gift that makes it easy for them to take notes. And the nice thing about these? They are erasable and therefore reusable! Instead of printing out data and notes and then having to shred them (for data privacy reasons), staff can erase the notes. Update a patient's status? Just like that with a Correctbook! Saves time! So, with this gift, you contribute to our mission to fight illiteracy, but also help nature by promoting sustainable writing and thus save a huge amount of paper in healthcare.

Our ring system works like a notebook construction kit. It allows you to add or remove pages without any hassle. This gives you the freedom to customise your notebook to your unique style and needs. No problem if those change over time, just update your Correctbook! Are you ready for a change for the design of your Correctbook after a while? Then

Even though we’re probably all enjoying the sun at this moment, you cannot be too prepared. If you already have everything you need to get started after the holidays, then you’ll be able to really relax and put those legs up in the air and sip your ice-cold drink. Of course, we can recommend you the most fantastic products ourselves, but we rather let our ambassadors do the talking. In this blog you’ll find the favorites of a couple of Correctbook fans. Why do they love that specific product? You can read it below. 

The ringband is not an obstacle 

Never ever, ever. ‘Cause Correctbook has an Unbind & Click system. Beg your pardon? You can remove pages within seconds, and you can click them back into another place in your notebook. This way you can easily adjust the sequence of your notebook. Buttt that’s not the only advantage. The advantage for all lefties is that you can remove a page from the ring

A couple of weeks ago I travelled from South-Africa to Madagascar. I went there for a few Correctbook meetings, but this way I could also chase my personal dream (more about that later in this blog). I had some introductory talks with UNICEF Madagascar and Save The Children in the capital Antanarivo. 

I also had a meeting with another non-profit organization. Not in the capital, but in the south of the country; Port Dauphin/Tolagnaro. A blueprint is made for a pilot project for 150 children. And obviously this will become more when this succeeds, ‘cause this organisation supports over 40.000 children. They want to conduct small-scale research. If the writing skills of the kids will truly improve with the use of Correctbook. So, a bit like the research by Edukans. 

We already helped more than 600.000 children with erasable writing material so far. But this erasable writing material is just the start of it all. Because the use of this material is the key factor in the battle against illiteracy. Research has shown that the use of the erasable writing material of Correctbook has positive outcomes. Read further to discover it all. 

The material

The erasable writing material received by the kids in developing areas is not exactly the same as the writing material you buy. The notebook they receive has a closed ring binder, this makes sure the kids cannot lose pages. Smart right? This notebook is also water resistant and can endure very harsh conditions as presented by arid and marginalized areas. So, the package they receive consists of this special Correctbook, a pen and an ink station. This ink station is shared among 7 to 8 children. 

What exactly is a modular notebook? In stead of being tied to a specific notebook, you get to choose which cover you want on your book and how many and what types of pages you add to your Correctbook notebook. After that you simply put the different parts of the book together and make up your own unique erasable notebook. 

A great kick-off
It would be ideal if you could just carry around your pencils and accessories in something which is a storage box at the same time? That’s what we thought. That’s how the idea of a real Correctbook pencil case was born. But the DNA of this pencil case should totally match the other Correctbook products plus our mission and vision. Hence, we investigated the options for a product that is as environmentally friendly as possible. In short, that’s how we ended up at Africa Collect Textiles.