FORT WAYNE, Ind., July 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Thanks to Verizon telephone customers in Indiana who participated in the company's innovative Check Into Literacy program, the Indiana Literacy Association has received a $19,600 Verizon grant to help support adult literacy programs operated by volunteer literacy organizations across the state.
The Literacy Association will offer grants of up to $1,000 for existing literacy initiatives and up to $2,500 for startup programs at new locations. The association is accepting, applications through Sept. 15, 2008, from volunteer literacy organizations. Proposals must demonstrate how the organization is addressing the needs of adults with the lowest levels of literacy in the state.
"Literacy opens the door for individuals to broaden their horizons, to enhance their education and to reach their full potential," said Jane Kuemmerle, board chair of the Indiana Literacy Association. "Verizon's grant will help us to strengthen volunteer literacy organizations across the state that work tirelessly to give adults the tools and training they need to improve their literacy skills, achieve their goals and contribute to their communities."
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Monday, September 8, 2008
Morocco Receives Funding For Literacy
8 September - Morocco has secured US $23.8 million funding from European Union today to support the country's literacy programme, Morocco's state MAP news agency reported.
Morocco has among the lowest adult literacy rate in North Africa at 52.3 percent. With these unflattering literacy statistics, government of Morocco has set a target to reduce adult illiteracy by half by 2010.
Launched today to mark World Literacy Day, the programme which would cover four years is aimed at reducing by three percent the illiteracy rate and targets the illiterate people aged between 16 and 35 years.
The grant will be used to reinforce orientation and follow-up capacities of north African kingdom in the field, and to support NGOs by improving their intervention capacity and quality of training.
Read it all here.
Morocco has among the lowest adult literacy rate in North Africa at 52.3 percent. With these unflattering literacy statistics, government of Morocco has set a target to reduce adult illiteracy by half by 2010.
Launched today to mark World Literacy Day, the programme which would cover four years is aimed at reducing by three percent the illiteracy rate and targets the illiterate people aged between 16 and 35 years.
The grant will be used to reinforce orientation and follow-up capacities of north African kingdom in the field, and to support NGOs by improving their intervention capacity and quality of training.
Read it all here.
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