“Banning and burning of books is the symbol of tyranny’s fear of the power of the free mind.” – Franz Boas, anthropologist
Book banning in the United States (US) is nothing new. The first book on record to be banned dates back to 1637 when Thomas Morton published New English Canaan and had...
Searching for a unique way to express your love or appreciation for someone special this holiday season? Look no further than the list below, which highlights charities and books that focus on equal access to literacy and education in a variety of contexts around the world. From our homes to yours, the Education Team...
This article is a follow-up to April’s Education Team article about the Wageningen University graduate students and their consultation with Awesome Blossoms (AB). The consultation project promoted learning for both the Wageningen students and the Awesome Blossoms team in Nairobi.
Wageningen University & Research (WUR), one of the world’s top...
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About 7,000,000 children in the Philippines are sexually abused every year. More than 70% of sexually abused children are between 5 and 18 years old. Most of the time, Filipino children are raped by their fathers or uncles. It has been noted that most incest cases take place in the family...
When I asked my sister if I could ask her (for this article) how her son’s difficulties with literacy have affected their everyday lives, she simply started to cry – and couldn’t stop for a long time.
I cannot imagine what it means to be...
FAWCO’s Education Team has dedicated the months of September and October to numeracy and literacy – to our ability to understand, interpret and work with numbers and letters.
Globally, the literacy rate is around 86% but varies significantly from country to country, with sub-Saharan Africa being only 65%. For numeracy, the numbers are much...
