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

 

Have You Heard?

Written by Joy Balusi

May 10, 2021

BSK General Secretary, Mrs.Elizabeth Muriuki handing over a torch and a Talking Bible to Madam Dianah Kamande

How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? (Romans 10:14)

Paul highlights three principles in sharing the Good News. Nobody can call on God if they do not have faith in Him. Hearing precedes faith and people can only hear if an opportunity is presented to them. Indeed, faith comes by hearing and hearing the word of God.

Well, BSK enables people to hear the Word of God not only through print Bibles but also via audio Bibles in form of Talking Bibles, Torch Bibles, and Proclaimers. One of the ways we reach out to many people is finding peace ambassadors or key people who are intentional in causing a ripple effect in their circles of influence. 

We recently partnered with one such person: Madam Dianah Kamande, the Founder and Director of the Come Together Widows and Orphans Organization (CTWOO). Through Dianah, we have reached out to faithful, available, and teachable leaders who have initiated listening groups in their churches and other institutions as well as giving a chance to individuals incapacitated to receive Talking Bibles in Murang’a, Kiambu, Kajiado, Machakos, and Nairobi counties.

Baraka Children Home in Kayole in Nairobi is one of the institutions which has embraced the Faith Comes By Hearing programme. This home of peace was founded by Ms. Margaret Kimani in 1990 and permanently hosts 300 children ranging from 1 to 29 years old. The multi-talented children are avid in holding Bible studies every week, and the Proclaimer proved to be a useful tool for discipleship among these jewels.

During the meeting, Dianah encouraged the children to be grounded in the word of God and they will never go wrong in life. She alluded to what Paul tells the church at Colossae,” Be rooted and built-in Christ.” Colossians 2:7. In agreement, Margaret told the children to maximize the resource of the audio Bible in enriching their Bible studies.

Are you leading a group in evangelism or discipleship? We value partnerships in ministry to build the kingdom of God. Consider reaching out to us on 0722205843.

 

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