Together for Sudan

                                              UK Charity No 1075852


Women's Literacy


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The Women's Literacy Project


A woman stands up to speak at a literacy class
Literacy is a key skill for all women

Since its inception, this project has graduated more than 2,250 women. We are currently active in the following areas thanks to the support of Together for Sudan partnerships with the UK Department for International Development (DfID) and Manos Unidas, a Spanish charity.

Location Classes Students
Khartoum area  10 225
Nuba Mountains 17 580

Amidst all the tragedy and suffering that is Darfur today, there remains a great desire, on the part of women in particular, to learn to read and write. In 2007, Together for Sudan formed a partnership with the Good Shepherd sisters to arrange to train a number of literacy teachers in Darfur with a view to starting up literacy classes. With the support of Refugees International Japan, Together for Sudan now has 14 trained teachers each with the potential to set up a class of 20-25 people in the refugee settlements. Teaching people to read is the basic building block of civil society and we urgently need to take this initiative forward by raising funds for teachers’ salaries.

Sudanese women learning to read and write
Sudanese women leaning to read and write at Um-Bedda