Fighting adult illiteracy with Asfotode
The address is well known to all residents of Assomé, in the prefecture of Zio in Togo,
Every Tuesday and Thursday, more than 30 men and women come to the literacy center. They are motivated by a single ambition: to take literacy classes.
In Togo, according to the 2011 MICS survey, illiteracy affects approximately 43.3% of young people and adults aged fifteen to forty-four, or 15,440 people, of whom more than two-thirds are women (977,000,670,000).
Even though this report is almost a decade old, this issue is still relevant. Thus, AsFoToDe, an agro-pastoral project present for several years in the region, has initiated, through its education center, literacy courses that respond to this thirst that these men and women had to learn the language of Molière despite their advanced ages.
" There is no age limit for learning, " said André Giordan.
Having remained illiterate for a long time, either due to lack of financial means on the part of their parents or because of prejudices that previously prevented women from attending school (they were made for housework, it was said), they did not hesitate to seize this opportunity that was given to them.
Beyond this thirst to learn to read, write and count, they are driven by the desire to be able to follow and help their children at home.
All this would not have been possible without the will and determination of these people who were willing to give their time to pass on this knowledge.
AsFoToDe is located in Assomé and wishes to work for a sustainable, integral and harmonious development of the territory with a healthy and fulfilled population.
To learn more about AsFoTode, please click on the link
Article by Sylvain Kalem ASSIRIMI
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