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Advocating for Sign Language Education as a Human Right

Posted by  on Monday, September 21st 2015     

In some parts of the world, being deaf can mean being cut off from education and left without alternative options. USAID is committed to changing that, working to make sure every child can learn, grow and be empowered.

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Towards a New Global Education Agenda

Posted by  on Wednesday, May 20th 2015     
USAID Senior Advisor for International Education Christie Vilsack visits with primary grade students in Malawi. / Christie Vilsack, USAID

This week in South Korea, education takes center stage on the global policy agenda as education leaders gather for the World Education Forum. USAID will work with partner countries to develop a new action plan for education.

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Community Empowerment in Guatemala Through Improved Literacy

Posted by  on Monday, May 11th 2015     
Andrés Ixcuná Mateo, a community volunteer with the Leer Juntos, Aprender Juntos project, helps children learn to read in San Andrés Sajcabajá, Guatemala. / Save the Children

A young man in Guatemala who twice tried to cross the border illegally into the United States reflects on his renewed hope for his hometown, a transformation he underwent while volunteering to help local children learn to read in their native tongue.

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Young Storytellers and the Power of Literacy

Posted by  on Tuesday, April 14th 2015     
Rwanda Literacy Week celebrated reading and writing across the country. / Jonathan Padway, USAID

In Rwanda, a land with an oral history as rich and beautiful as the hills that roll across it, one tale is special. The story “Old Woman and a Hyena” was written by an 11-year-old boy who won a USAID-supported national writing competition.

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A Thank You to our Partners in Literacy

Posted by  on Monday, September 8th 2014     

More and more, through our Agency’s ambitious reform agenda, USAID Forward, we create innovative partnerships with the private sector and work in tandem with governments and ministries to identify barriers to education and to remove them.

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In Zambia, a Refuge to Learn

Posted by  on Thursday, June 19th 2014     
The Lubuto Library Project, a USAID All Children Reading Grand Challenge winner, is pioneering a program creating high-quality mother-tongue materials to teach children to read using an accessible, low-cost digital platform. Here, a young boy tries out the program on a laptop. / Robert Kent, USAID

No matter what country, a free library is the soul of a community. It protects the past, preserves the present and assures the future. In order to teach a million Zambian children to read better, they need to practice. The Lubuto Library gives them a place to do just that.

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Testing Readers in the Early Grades in Pakistan

Posted by  on Monday, December 2nd 2013     
The evaluator in a primary school in Pakistan talks with the young girl about the reading assessment, explaining how it works and what she will be doing.

Early Grade Reading Assessment is an essential tool in our educational toolbox as USAID invests in teaching 100 million children to read in 39 countries around the world.

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Liberia: “When We Learn to Read, We Can Read to Learn!”

Posted by  on Wednesday, September 11th 2013     

USAID’s Education team in Liberia joins in Liberia’s first national reading campaign. Read more >>

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South Sudan Educators Acquire Skills to Teach the New Nation

Posted by  on Monday, September 9th 2013     

September 8 was International Literacy Day. Read a story of how USAID is advancing education in South Sudan. Read more >>

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Preparing Youth for Employment

Posted by  on Thursday, August 15th 2013     

Guest blogger from Education Development Center discusses how youth in Mali are prepared for employed, armed with literacy and numeracy skills. Read more >>

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