Two African literacy programmes win UNESCO award
The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, recently announced the six winners, including two from Africa, of the Organisation’s International Literacy Prizes for 2011. A statement by UNESCO in Paris said the winners were chosen by an international jury, which met between 4 and 8 July in Paris.
The theme of this year’s prizes is, 'Literacy and peace, with special consideration to gender equality.'
Prize winners include programmes in Burundi, Mexico, the United States of America, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, with honourable mention to programmes in Pakistan and the Philippines.
The prizes will be awarded at an official ceremony on 8th September during International Literacy Day celebrations in New Delhi, India.
COLLECTIF ALPHA UJUVI WINS THE UNESCO PRIZE
This programme called 'Collectif Alpha Ujuvi' is a ministry of our Sisters in the Vice-Province of Congo. Sr. Déodata Bunzigiye is responsible for this programme.
Sister Deodata Bunzigiye
Eighty thousand (80,000) persons including children, youth and adults have been helped in literacy by Alpha Ujuvi.
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'The programme uses an innovative model for preventing and resolving tensions and conflicts among individuals and communities through developing literacy as a means to building better social cohesion and improved governance mechanisms,' the UNESCO statement said.
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It said this national literacy programme was recognised for its innovative approach to linking functional literacy to daily life issues and to topics related to peace and tolerance, as well as for its overall impact. From 2010 to 2011 alone, the Service presented more than 50,000 certificates to new readers.
We admire Sr. Deodata for her achievements that attracted the attention of UNESCO. We appreciate all that the Vice-Province of Congo is doing to help the people to live in peace and to raise the quality of life for all with whom they minister.
