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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

 

Bible Character – Moses

Written by BSkenya

February 13, 2020

Moses with the ten commandments

In Moses’ life, we remember events showing a godly man and other stories that show a man who struggled with failure in certain areas. Even though he sometimes failed, Moses was a man consistently in tune with God’s plan. He loved the people of Israel who God called him to lead.

As a child, Moses grew up in the Egyptian Pharaoh’s house even though he was born to a Jewish family. Moses learned from the best Egyptian teachers and scholars an exposure that made him sensitive to God’s leading.

Moses was not a perfect speaker, yet he led the Israelite’s for 40 years out of Egypt to the edge of the Promised Land.  Moses was a simple human being just as we are. He was chosen and used by God to accomplish His purposes.

Did you know?

1.Moses was the first abandoned child mentioned in the Bible? 

But when she could not hide him any longer, she took a basket made of reeds and covered it with tar to make it watertight. She put the baby in it and then placed it in the tall grass at the edge of the river. Exodus 2: 3 (GNB)

2. Moses was raised as royalty

After Moses was weaned, the pharaoh’s daughter took him and raised him in the palace hence he enjoyed the luxuries of Egypt.

3. Moses was afraid

We all deal with fear so did Moses. God wanted Moses to rescue the Israelites from Egypt. Moses was afraid and gave excuse after excuse, one being that he stuttered. Moses told God, “Please send someone else” Exodus 4:13 (GNB) God didn’t want to send someone else and got angry with Moses.

But Moses said, “No, LORD, don’t send me. I have never been a good speaker, and I haven’t become one since you began to speak to me. I am a poor speaker, slow and hesitant.” Exodus 4:10 (GNB)

4. Moses was close to God

The job God called Moses to do was full of difficulties and challenges. Moses never hid his emotions and questions from God. They spent 40 days together on top of Mount Sinai and God gave Moses “the two tablets on which God himself had written the commandments. (Exodus 31:18 (ESV)

5. Moses was a murderer

Moses grew up in the palace but knew he was a Hebrew. The Bible records, Moses looked all around, and when he saw that no one was watching, he killed the Egyptian and hid his body in the sand. Exodus 2:12 (GNB)

Lessons to learn from Moses

  • God uses us despite our weakness and limitations to accomplish His purposes
  • God wants to have a close relationship with us
  • God can turn our circumstances to work for our good
  • God wants us to trust Him to lead us through life
  • God is patient with us

 

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