Tuesday, December 15, 2009

From Closed Books to Open Doors - West Africa’s literacy challenge :: Oxfam GB

From Closed Books to Open Doors - West Africa’s literacy challenge :: Oxfam GB
"In West Africa, there are 65 million young people and adults who cannot read and write – more than 40% of the population –  and 14 million children aged 7 to 12 who are not in primary school. Illiteracy is shutting these people off from the jobs, economic opportunities, good health and engagement in democracy that are their rights. The consequences for them, their communities and their countries is devastating."

Book Making Project Takes off in Ghana


Read the nice write-up about our Ghana Bookmaking project from the Applied Linguistics and Literacy in Africa and the Diaspora Research Network. (It is at the bottom of the newsletter page under the FOCUS ON...WESTERN AFRICA section).

Thursday, December 3, 2009