Reading Starts with Home In a remote, mountainous region, children grow up speaking their own language at home. But school teaches them to read in a different language — one they've never spoken. Fewer than 5 in 100 people here can read. Many kids give up on school...
Generations of illiteracy, lack of education, and social isolation among minority groups in this country in South Asia have led to increased poverty and alienation from the rest of society. The aim of this project is to bring hope to multiple impoverished communities...
This community is truly marginalised and suffers from a number of challenges. Householders have no reliable legal source of income, but they do have local, natural products that they could develop for sale in nearby cities. This project plans to produce Ginger and...
This ongoing project provides multi-faceted support to a marginalised community. Its objectives include: Enhancing awareness at the family level regarding education health, nutrition, and overall well-being. Increasing social awareness and strengthening community...
Project to improve literacy for marginal, impoverished community in South East Asia
The community being helped by this project are marginalised from the mainstream of their society by language, low levels of education and social structure. They have a low standard of living and depend heavily on farming and agriculture for their livelihood. Our...
This community has long been marginalised and dispossessed by mainstream society in this South Asia country. The children of this community are provided with state-run schooling that is undertaken in the state language but, unfortunately, this language is foreign to...
SIL Bangladesh has been one of WRDF’s foundational partners, achieving goals in literacy and improving the livelihoods of communities in various locations in Bangladesh. Together, we have moved into new projects in new locations in Bangladesh, continuing to work among...