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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

 

When Jesus Speaks Your Language

Written by BSkenya

June 23, 2020

Did you know that Jesus speaks in all languages? I thought you should know. Are you also aware that some people are not able to read God’s word but can listen and understand? 

Well, it is always blissful and faith-building to listen to God’s word. He calls us to grow in the knowledge of His son Jesus Christ daily. We do so by repeatedly hearing the Word. It is in this calling that the Bible Society of Kenya extends an invitation to people to engage with God’s word through the Programme Faith Come By Hearing Programme centered on Romans 10:17 – So faith comes from hearing and hearing through the word of Christ.

Joseph, a night guard listening to the Word via a talking Bible

One would ask. How does the Programme rollout? Through audio Scriptures. Yes, the spoken word of God put in radio-like gadgets. The Scriptures are mostly given to groups formed by committed persons who are ready to listen to the word at least once a week and share testimonies on the impact in people’s lives.

In these unprecedented times, people need hope more than ever. What a season to be able to reach out to people with the word of God in their language. It is always refreshing when we receive tantalizing and uplifting testimonies of what God is doing through this programme in different parts of the Country. 

We invite you to join us in impacting people’s lives through audio Bibles as the Lord enables you.

“My mum had not touched her hardcopy Bible for the longest time l know because of her eyesight. She went through some surgeries and seeing became problematic. Once she received a Kimeru Talking Bible, she could not hide her joy. She can engage with God’s word now. Thank you, Bible Society of Kenya. Your work is amazing.” Emily Metha.

As a family, we enjoy the deep Taita vocabulary in the Talking Bible. It’s so amazing. We now get the word in our hearts.” Janet 

The Faith Comes By Hearing Programme has greatly impacted lives in my Luhya community. It has closed any gap created by illiteracy. People who did not access formal education are now able to hear the word of God in our local language-Ololuhyia, understand it deeply, and share with others. ”Loice Mukitsa.

Joseph is a night watchman who lives in Kibera slums. He doesn’t go to Church yet. He loves God but he can’t read the Bible due to illiteracy issues. He is happy to receive the audio bible to learn God’s word even at night during his duty. He is so thankful to the Bible Society of Kenya for facilitating this wonderful gadget.” Pastor Fidelis Wambua.

What about that? This is the excitement when you hear Jesus speak in a language that you best understand. Do you want to be part of creating a movement for people hungry to hear the word? Do you have a group of committed persons who can intentionally hear the word and share what God is doing? Talk to us on 0719250559.

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