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Learning to Read Outside the Classroom

Even children who pick up minimum literacy skills are failing to become ‘good’ readers, a report by John Comings of the NGO World Education stated in April. The reasons for this are many and varied (interrupted schooling, being taught a language they don’t speak, lack of effective instruction) but one in particular stood out: reading […]

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#Empowerment vs. Empowerment – What do we really need?

  “Girls can’t,” says Ellen Degeneres. “Sometimes you hear it, but more often you feel it.” Cue soaring inspirational music; cue flashing text and backgrounds; cue a stream of celebrities, Katy Perry, Janelle Monae, Queen Latifah, telling us that, actually, #GirlsCan. It’s almost enough to make the jarring corporate slogans feel organic, like when Katy […]

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WLF Literacy Club Manizales farm trip

On Wednesday the 13th of April the WLF Literacy Club in Manizales Colombia partook in a celebration day trip to a farm, in which many of the children experienced life outside of the city for the very first time. Along with discovering a new part of the world, the children also did a number of […]

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