22-12-09 22-12-09 LITERACY DAY CELEBRATION AT ZANLERIGU
Two hundred and twenty one voluntary facilitators and thirteen supervisors of the Frafra Literacy and Development Project, (FLADP), a literacy organisation, have been awarded with incentives packages worth 7,020 Ghana Cedis at a ceremony at Zanlerigu, a community in the Talensi –Nabdam District of the Upper East Region. Each beneficiary received a half piece of wax print and other reading materials with certificates. Consequently, 2,701 male and female learners who successfully passed through the literacy programme also received certificate of excellence and participation. The ceremony brought together a section of the public, partner organisations, chiefs, opinion leaders, assembly members, as well as women and literacy groups. Isaac Asare was at the ceremony and has filed this report.
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The Frafra Literacy and Development Projects (FLADP) under the Ghana Institute of Linguistics Literacy and Bible Translation (GILLBT) began in 1972 when two American couples after settling in Zuarungu, a community in the Bolgatanga municipality, decided to translate the Bible from English to Frafra. After a successful translation of the New Testament in 1985, a self management committee was then formed to continue the literacy aspect of the programme. Since then, the programme has expanded to cover three other districts in the region namely, the Bongo District, Bolgatanga and the Talensi-Nabdam district. In line with the achievements of the literacy programme over the years, a day is set aside each year to reward volunteers and supervisors with incentive packages for their immense contribution to providing literacy education to the door step of the people in the three districts. The day is also set aside to create awareness on the importance of literacy in communities where the level of education is nothing to write home about. The Project Manager of FLADP, Mr. Joe Ayobah catalogued some of the challenges and relevance of the project which, according to him, has impacted positively on the lives of people in the three districts particularly, those in the Talensi-Nabdam District. Mr. Ayobah, disclosed that the project is on its way to becoming a local NGO by 2010. He therefore called for the support of individuals and donor agencies to help the project acquire its own office accommodation to enhance its effectiveness and also ensure more enrolment into the literacy programme. A Representative from GILLBT, Mr. Peter Wangara, in an address, stressed the importance of reading and writing adding that literacy skills as a form of education adds value to one’s life. He advised illiterates as well as the poor and the vulnerable in the respective communities to enroll into the literacy programme to better their lot since education is a necessary tool for development. He commended OPONOMOUS Foundation, a donor agency in the Netherlands for providing 65,000 Euros this year to support the project. Mr. Wangara called for the sustainability of the programme since his outfit cannot continue to rely on donor support. He therefore appealed to the chiefs and other stakeholders to help assist the project to gain grounds. An amount of 201 Ghana Cedis was later bagged during an appeal for fund.
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Two hundred and twenty one voluntary facilitators and thirteen supervisors of the Frafra Literacy and Development Project, (FLADP), a literacy organisation, have been awarded with incentives packages worth 7,020 Ghana Cedis at a ceremony at Zanlerigu, a community in the Talensi –Nabdam District of the Upper East Region. Each beneficiary received a half piece of wax print and other reading materials with certificates. Consequently, 2,701 male and female learners who successfully passed through the literacy programme also received certificate of excellence and participation. The ceremony brought together a section of the public, partner organisations, chiefs, opinion leaders, assembly members, as well as women and literacy groups. Isaac Asare was at the ceremony and has filed this report.
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The Frafra Literacy and Development Projects (FLADP) under the Ghana Institute of Linguistics Literacy and Bible Translation (GILLBT) began in 1972 when two American couples after settling in Zuarungu, a community in the Bolgatanga municipality, decided to translate the Bible from English to Frafra. After a successful translation of the New Testament in 1985, a self management committee was then formed to continue the literacy aspect of the programme. Since then, the programme has expanded to cover three other districts in the region namely, the Bongo District, Bolgatanga and the Talensi-Nabdam district. In line with the achievements of the literacy programme over the years, a day is set aside each year to reward volunteers and supervisors with incentive packages for their immense contribution to providing literacy education to the door step of the people in the three districts. The day is also set aside to create awareness on the importance of literacy in communities where the level of education is nothing to write home about. The Project Manager of FLADP, Mr. Joe Ayobah catalogued some of the challenges and relevance of the project which, according to him, has impacted positively on the lives of people in the three districts particularly, those in the Talensi-Nabdam District. Mr. Ayobah, disclosed that the project is on its way to becoming a local NGO by 2010. He therefore called for the support of individuals and donor agencies to help the project acquire its own office accommodation to enhance its effectiveness and also ensure more enrolment into the literacy programme. A Representative from GILLBT, Mr. Peter Wangara, in an address, stressed the importance of reading and writing adding that literacy skills as a form of education adds value to one’s life. He advised illiterates as well as the poor and the vulnerable in the respective communities to enroll into the literacy programme to better their lot since education is a necessary tool for development. He commended OPONOMOUS Foundation, a donor agency in the Netherlands for providing 65,000 Euros this year to support the project. Mr. Wangara called for the sustainability of the programme since his outfit cannot continue to rely on donor support. He therefore appealed to the chiefs and other stakeholders to help assist the project to gain grounds. An amount of 201 Ghana Cedis was later bagged during an appeal for fund.
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