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Radio Education for Out-of-School Zambian Children

Radio Education for Out-of-School Zambian Children	Oswald and Everest Attend Third Grade Oswald and Everest are in Grade 3 at Chainda Community School and already have completed two years of the "Learning at Taonga Market" interactive radio instruction program.
Mentors, Not Teachers, Teach Children Many teachers have died from AIDS in Zambia, so volunteer "mentors" are trained to teach the children via Interactive Radio Instruction (IRI), developed by EDC in Washington, D.C.	Learning Colors on the Wall Few resources exist in community schools that use Freeplay Lifeline radios for distance learning. Here, Mr. Tembo, a mentor, employs a classroom wall as a substitute for a blackboard.
School Is Fun, Even Without Enough Desks The radio education program has proved so successful that children and their parents are eager for them to attend school, even if there aren't enough desks.	A teacher and her Grade 1 class Even in remote rural areas of Zambia, the Learning at Taonga Market reaches eager grade school learners. These children have so little by way of material resources and their hunger for learning is so evident, wherever we go on our Freeplay Foundation field missions
A Grade 1 class of Zambian students Even though they have so few school materials to support their learning, these children in a Grade 1 primary class know they are among the lucky ones in their country. Thanks to Learning at Taonga Market, they have the chance to develop literacy and life skills that can help them look after themselves and one day may help them find work	In Samfya Tyson works while others attend school Tyson has lost both parents and lives with his grandparents, who cannot afford to send him to school. His only brother lives eight hours away in Lusaka with an uncle. When asked by a District Education Standards Officer why he is not in school, Tyson replies: "I need money for books so I must work."
Bricks for Books! If Tyson makes 500 bricks in the scorching Zambian sun, he will be paid about 12,500 Zambian Kwatcha or US$4. He works to make the money to buy schoolbooks. The local District Education Standards Officer has a better idea: she will provide Tyson with the books he needs to attend school. She makes the offer and he agrees to see her later to arrange this	Adelaide Phiri talks with Rodger about attending s Rodger is 16. He has six brothers and sisters, and has not been able to attend school. On overhearing Adelaide Phiri's conversation with Tyson (photos 7 & 8) about being provided with the books to attend school, he came up to talk with the DESO. She immediately made him the same offer, which he accepted. Freeplay Foundation will continue its efforts together with EDC and the Zambian MOE to try to enable every Zambian child to receive what should be a basic human right for children everywhere
One of 10 Lifeline radios signed by Tom Hanks Photo from Progress Report 'News Release - Tom Hanks hosts eBay Charity Auction'	Tom Hanks - the Freeplay Foundation's U.S Ambassador Photo from Progress Report 'News Release - Tom Hanks hosts eBay Charity Auction'