Education Uganda Project #39564

Help Women Learn to Read and Write in Uganda

by Volunteer Action Network

Help Women Learn to Read and Write in Uganda

Project Report | Mar 20, 2020
Literacy is the key to achieving that equality

By Bukenya Muusa | Project leader

Rose

Our adult literacy program in Nwoya district Uganda teaches 156 women how to read and write and build leadership skills. We want these women to raise their voices in their communities and understand that they have a right to be heard. Poverty often impacts women and their children the hardest so it’s only right that they have a say and take part in solving these challenges.

We know that this program is important for several reasons. If a woman does not know how to read and write it limits her ability to run a business, or help her children with school work, or even understand a prescription from the doctor. Women in Uganda have a lot of responsibilities within their family but family life is only part of the story. We’d like to see more female politicians and more businesswomen as well. Literacy is the key to achieving that equality.

We’ve seen lots of success with the adult literacy program but we know that we must also help young girls in order to find long term solutions to poverty. That’s why we started our healthy periods of initiative that helps young girls go to school and stay in school.

“It is not enough for women to sit in the council and sign attendance list true change will only come if we can speak our voices loud and VacNet- has given us the tools-to-day” - Rose, Chairperson

Together with you, we continue to impact women’s lives directly through our adult literacy program that you support. We believe you will continue to support us to continue this wonderful journey of supporting women to walk their way by themselves your generous donation makes this possible.

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Jan 10, 2020
You Supported Me to Discover My Voice

By Bukenya Muusa | Project leader

Oct 14, 2019
My Pride is that now I can use my Basic Phone Moderately

By Bukenya Muusa | Project leader

Joska

It is a fact education is important in shaping people’s minds, changing their behaviors and bringing them to contribute actively to building a strong family.

"Now I dress clean, learned about using eco-friendly and environmentally friendly local stoves that do not dirty my house, and emits very little at times no smoke. I have a handwashing stand at my home latrine, all my compound has vegetables for food around my compound. All this I learned from our literacy classes that we go to on Tuesdays and Fridays Afternoon.

In our class we class, we are taught to learn by doing. we form groups of potential businesswomen joined together with those already doing business while being on the program. This is the major factor that fostered the translation of the skills I acquired in our Business skills training classes in my Business. My business is doing better Now.

My pride is that now I can use my basic phone moderately, because of this I can call customers to remind them to pay my debts or tell them the stock they wanted has arrived.

Before joining the literacy class. “I could not type names or phone numbers,” she says. “It was really deplorable.” she adds, “Today, I know how to write and can easily change settings in a phone. I also have the ability to read letters, newspapers, and books. I believe this is important in my life in this era.”

Says Joska;- A learner at Amuru Pagak Learning Center

We to expand this unique and wonderful opportunity to women in Northern Uganda. This year enrolled 350 new participate from 2 centers of Koch Lii. Women take up classes twice a week for 3 hours, they are provided with materials and meals. The program employs professional local Facilitators with the ability to teach women using their local language.

Moving forward, we need your help to continue providing opportunities and resources to women and girls. Please consider a year-end gift to our effort, ensuring the fight for equality, dignity, and justice continues.

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