first few days. Crazy it was
for women of our age to go
to an Adult literacy class.
But today we have a place
and honor in the society as
people who can read, write
and count our money. We do
not need anybody’s help.
Transformation through literacy
If education is vital to the
development of a nation, the need for literacy
schools in rural and tribal India cannot be
over-emphasized. It is a huge challenge to eradicate
illiteracy in a country where 50 percent of the
people are illiterate and 90 percent of the women in
rural areas have never gone to any school system.
Illiteracy dampens the hopes
of a people. Their inability to read and to write or
do a two digit sum becomes detrimental to progress
in life. The whole wide world of wisdom remains
hidden from their eyes.
Literacy impacts people in many ways:
It given them an understanding of measurement of
volume, weight and length.
It helps them to form self-help cooperatives.
It gives them a knowledge of a legal documents or
ballot papers which may require their signature and
approval.
It gives them the ability to read street signs, bus
or train schedules, etc.
It helps them read health pamphlets, letters, news,
etc.
It encourages them to send their children to school.
It helps them read the word of God.
OUR LITERACY PROGRAM
is an effort to making a difference in the rural
populace and helping secure a progressive future for
underprivileged children.
With the population of India now crossing 1
billion-mark and with issues of poverty and social
inequalities becoming larger, it is time to face the
challenges. Our literacy schools initiated in the
villages consist of 30-50 adult students. They run 6
days a week. Slate and literacy material are
provided free of cost to each student. Petromax
lights are supplied to the centers with no
electricity.
Literacy is the key to health care, employment, and upward social mobility. With your support, we will be able to light the lamp of literacy and dispel the darkness in low literacy areas. It cost $30 a month to run a literacy school.
