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Empower 1,500 Women through Literacy in Turkey
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Summary
The project will teach literacy and numeracy skills to illiterate women migrants living in disadvantaged urban communities of Turkey.
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Received $1,015 from 19 donations from people like:
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More Information About this Project
Project Needs and Beneficiaries
Women's illiteracy is a wide-spread problem in Turkey with 1 out of 5 women being unable to read or write. Rural migrant women who were not sent to school as girls, come into towns only to experience isolation and difficulties in accessing urban life. Our program empowers women by giving them tools of functional literacy and numeracy, and supports them through a multi-dimensional reading program that includes information on their rights as citizens as well as sexual reproductive health.
Activities
We train volunteers who will teach women basic literacy skills and provide books and instructional materials for these courses. In order to ensure quality we support and supervise our volunteers throughout a 13 week course period.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $1,015
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $64,985
Total Funding Goal: $66,000
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
Resources
Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
The project will provide functional literacy and basic rights training to 1500 women in Turkey so that they will fbe able to engage in social and economic life and lead more empowered lives.
Project Message
"I used to be blind, learning how to read and write has opened me up to a new world. Where were you before?." Quote from 40 yrold woman who just learned how to read and write
- Ms. Dudu Akpinar, Beneficiary
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on November 30, 2007.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on November 15, 2007.
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