Phase two began with training sessions for the instructors and an audit of the program’s supplies. Last year’s instructors are returning for phase two, as well as many of last year’s participants. Additional participants are joining this year as well.

When classes begin, they will take place three times a week. The main goal of phase two is to continue teaching women and girls to read and write, so that they can contribute to the development of their families and their society. It also seeks to empower women to fight against the gender-based violence.

Odette, one of the students in the pilot program, shares her experience as a participant:

“I am very happy for the literacy course put in our center, because since I was born, my parents did not enroll me in classical school, and I did not know how to read and write. Thanks to the literacy course with the financial support of LPGM’s partners at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Central African Republic (ELC-CAR), my teacher taught me to read French alphabet and arithmetic. Today, I can read, I also write names, and I can sing with the songbook.

Finally, I learned a lot from the first phase of this program because it was an opportunity for me to meet with other women to share our experiences and also the good way our teacher advises us to take care of our children. Thanks to the literacy program, I learned arithmetic, and it makes it easier for me in my small businesses.”

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