Archive for March, 2011

Literacy Bridge Moving Forward

Saturday, March 26th, 2011

Literacy Bridge has just launched a partnership with a multi-group cooperative, called Empowering Cocoa Households through Opportunities and Education Solutions (ECHOES) . Funded by USAID and the World Cocoa Foundation, ECHOES strives to strengthen cocoa-growing Ghanaian communities by expanding opportunities for youth and young adults through relevant education. The ECHOES-Talking Book team includes Literacy Bridge, Winrock International, and World Education.

Literacy Bridge will work hand-in-hand with Winrock and World Education on a pilot program to focus on the lives and livelihoods of the next generation of cocoa farmers through comprehensive vocational training, youth livelihoods, and leadership development. Talking Books will be integrated with existing activities that include functional literacy lessons for out-of-school teens and adults, and dissemination of new health and agriculture guidance through clubs, public forums, and household rotation of Talking Books.

The pilot program will focus on three communities in the Sefwi-Wiawso district of the Western Region of Ghana, reaching more than 3,000 people.

Keep your eye out on stories from the field in upcoming blogs.

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Microsoft Alumni Foundation – 2011 and Beyond

Friday, March 25th, 2011

In addition to honoring our Executive Director with the 2010 Integral Fellows award this past November, Microsoft Alumni Foundation awarded Literacy Bridge with a grant of $25,000. Moreover, members of MSAF are responding to board chair Jeff Raikes’ call to action by “…turning their inspiration into action” and becoming involved with Literacy Bridge’s work in a variety of ways including strategic planning, organizational advancement and public relations.

Thank you to each and every one of you at the Microsoft Alumni Foundation! We are looking forward to building our partnership in the months and years ahead.

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Talking Book Assembly Party

Friday, March 25th, 2011

Volunteers continue to help keep the Talking Book affordable with their invaluable help at Talking Book assembly parties.

Thank you to the contingent of Renton High School National Honor Society (NHS) members who were part of the February 19 event. NHS members included: Tricia Bui, Dalena Pham, Delfin Buyco, My-Huyen Pham, Tyler Yorita, and Roedah Mansour.

“We enjoyed taking part in this wonderful program! It was a lot of fun.” said Tricia, NHS President.

Thank you, also, to Val Wells and CityYear volunteer Malia Makowski.

If you would like to participate in an upcoming party, please contact doris@literacybridge.org.

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