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Literacy for Women in Africa

BSK has an adult literacy program dubbed literacy for women in Africa. This program mainly targets a group of women of child-bearing age (15 years and above) who have not had the opportunity to learn to read and write.

BSK has an adult literacy program dubbed literacy for women in Africa. This program mainly targets a group of women of child-bearing age (15 years and above) who have not had the opportunity to learn to read and write.
Other persons targeted by the programme include men, young girls, and elderly women. This could also include women who have already had the opportunity to learn to read ‘second chance.’

Turkana County has low literacy levels of 20% considering that it has a population of 926,976 speakers of the language. Non-literates account for 741,580.

The Literacy for Women in Africa programme is currently being implemented in the County with 20 active adult literacy classes spread across Loima, Turkana Central, Turkana North, and Turkana South sub-counties. The program has grown tremendously since 2018 when it began with 10 pilot classes. So far, 1920 learners have been trained with 65% of them being women.

The reason why the program majorly focuses on women is that in the marginalized communities women or girls are denied a chance to go to school, as priority is given to men. Women are seen as people who carry out house chores, bear children, go through practices e.g. female genital mutilation (FGM) and early marriages thus denying them a chance to access education or any form of schooling.

The uniqueness of this program is that it is a non-formal mother tongue-based education meant to impact adult learners with basic reading and writing skills. The main goal of the program is to enable the marginalized communities to read the Word of God in their heart language and be transformed by it.

BSK partners with the Church to implement this programme. The Churches provide venues that are used as classes, they identify passionate people who are trained as teachers, and they assist in monitoring. The Directorate of Adult and Continuing Education office has also come in handy in helping learners to transition to formal schooling to learn other subjects.

other Programs & projects

Open the Book & Programme For Pastoral Instruction PPI

Braille Bible Distribution to the VIP’s Programme

Faith Comes By Hearing (FCBH)

Mwimbi Bible Translation

Young Samaritans Programme

Literacy for Women in Africa

Bibles Eagles Club

African Biblical Leadership Initiative (abli)

Marginalized Children

 

Gikuyu Study Bible Project

Banyala Bible Translation Project

Teso Bible translation project

 

African Women Devotional Bible launched

Written by Joy Balusi

August 6, 2021

A lady reading the African Women Devotional Bible

The African Women Devotional Bible was officially launched on August 6th, 2021.

The colourful event was graced with guests from different parts of Nairobi County and its environs who turned up to witness this great milestone!

Bishop Calisto Odede, the presiding Bishop of Christ is The Answer Ministries commended the Bible Society of Kenya for the noble course of translating and availing the Bible in different languages and formats so that all people can access the word of God. He lauded the Society for launching the African Women Devotional Bible noting that reading and applying this Bible will build the character and conduct of women hence people will see and give honour and praise to God.

Bishop Odede added that as we interact with the word of God, it becomes a lamp to our feet and a light to our path. He encouraged women to utilize the Bible to transmit the truths therein to their children so that society will have a godly generation.

Chief Executive Officer Mrs. Elizabeth Muriuki thanked all the 280 women contributors  from 25 African Countries for the great work they had put in to make this Bible complete.

She added that this Bible is a unique resource consisting of several Bible helps including 365 Daily devotionals, 52 topical articles, face-articles on women of the Bible, extended book introductions, a comprehensive concordance and an analysis of women in the Bible and their characters. She reiterated that this Bible is a great tool that will benefit the Church in Kenya and beyond as many women interact with it in their various spheres of influence.

We thank God for a successful event and pray that the word of God will continue to be an instrument of peace and hope for the nations even in these unprecedented times.

 

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