By Alison Hendry | Program Officer
Dear Friends,
Thank you so much for your support of AIL’s Mobile Literacy Program, which combines AIL’s proven literacy curriculum with texting to increase the pace of learning. 2014 has been an exciting year for our Mobile Literacy Program. Thanks to generous GlobalGiving donors, as well as funding from other sources, we have been able to offer 16 mobile literacy classes to 480 students.
As we had said before, when we began the classes, we expected that combining literacy with texting would help the women and girls to learn to read much faster than in a traditional classroom. We did not expect that the women would have their eyes opened to a whole new world. One young woman said, “I like to communicate with my family, but I was not able to without help. I was uneducated and ashamed of myself, until I began attending the mobile literacy class. The class changed my life, and made me think more positively about myself and the community that I live in. The teacher helped me to believe in myself, and to explore my interests. I know that I am really going to enjoy my life now.”
Another woman, a mother, said, “My son has been living abroad for many year. I miss him so much, but it has always been so difficult to talk stay in touch with him. This class has taught me how to use a cell phone, and now I can call my son. In addition, I am learning to read and write, which will allow me to text with my son and make it even easier to stay in touch.”
As you can see, not only are the women learning to read and write, a whole new world is being opened to them. Some women are able to communicate with family around the globe, some are able to keep in touch with the new friends they’ve made in class, and all leave the class able to read, write and use a mobile phone. Thank you for helping to make this possible.
We have attached our year-end newsletter to this report and hope you will take a few minutes to read it.
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