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Kenyan Youths Raise Literacy Levels
Nairobi—Samuel Macharia Kago, Scofield Awiti Muliru and Sophie Ngele Njaramba sought to be the change they wanted to see in their society. The final year Anthropology students at the University of Nairobi hatched an initiative called Literate Kenya that will seek to address and bridge gaps in the education sector through various programmes. The idea behind Literate Kenya is making a difference through education which is amplified in their Vision: Learn to make a difference.
This comes at a time when literacy levels in Africa are wanting. Over the past years the literacy levels in the continent of about one billion people has improved but by a slight margin. The lower literacy level can be attributed to several factors, such as availability as well as accessibility of education facilities and resources, a poor reading culture, political instability in states such as Liberia, South Sudan as well as the socio-cultural context of a people. The initiative is about youths helping other youths and not waiting for the government to affect their lives; it is driven by the urge about doing something to change the situation. Literate Kenya programmes are based on issues such as: Education, Peer Education on issues of sexual responsibility. Girl Child Absenteeism, Environment conservation, Incorporation of Information Technology into the education system and Relief aid. This year the Initiative is undertaking two main projects: The Books Drive and the Hanger Project.
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