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An 11-year-old girl from Ajax, just east of Toronto, who travels around Ontario helping underprivileged children will bring thousands of educational books to distribute in Heron Gate on Saturday.

Nyah Haughton and her supporters have set up a foundation called BSMART Kidz Foundation to promote literacy.

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Nyah’s mother, Suzanna Nichols-Proctor, says Nyah began helping other children in an organized way in the summer of 2015. She said her daughter has now given out 150,000 books across Ontario.

She says that when someone told Nyah about the Heron Gate community’s lack of opportunities for children, Nyah told her: “I am going to do something about it. This is Canada. We need to come together as one, help each other; people are not listening to kids, Mom.”

Nyah will read from one of the books on Saturday and volunteers will lead group activities.

There are 4,000 children in the area, so they are bringing 4,000 books, Nichols-Proctor said.