Our Programs

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

 

BSK Holds it’s 47th Annual General Meeting

Written by BSkenya

April 3, 2018

The Bible Society of Kenya held a very successful National Annual General Meeting on March 24th 2018 at Agape Fellowship Church. This was the 47th AGM and members turned up in large numbers to attend the event.

Members keenly following proceedings during the AGM

The National Annual General Meeting is an annual forum for BSK registered members where they come to interact, receive reports of performance for the previous year, elect new Board members and receive projections on the upcoming plans for the year.

The Guest speaker for the day was Ms. Flavia Murugi from Parklands Baptist Church who spoke on this year’s theme Developing Strategic Relations and Capacity for Expanded Reach and Sustainability.” She noted that the Word of God is the foundation that all of us are grounded. She added that we should be like Jesus who never changed yet he lived on earth. She further added that Christians should learn times and seasons and be prepared like an athlete, soldier

and farmer who always look forward to achieving something after they have invested.

New board members were elected to the Board to join the dynamic team that endeavors to take the mission of the Society to greater heights. Our desire is that as the ministry of BSK grows, more Christians will join the dynamic team of members who will collectively impact the community positively through God’s word.

Prof. Mumo Kisau, Board Chairman addresses members during the National Annual General Meeting

Additionally, the Society set apart a display area to showcase its programmes to the members. This enabled them to have an in-depth understanding of the Societies’ programmes and it was very much appreciated by the members.

The General Secretary Mrs. Elizabeth Muriuki appreciates all its members, Board and staff for making the Society what it is today. We are also calling on the Church to support this noble course of availing God’s word to all in languages they can understand best.

 

 

 

 

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