This project provides non-formal education that combines and incorporates training for livelihood skills into literacy instruction. Functional literacy training started in 2007 and will reach a total of 200 direct beneficiaries in its first two years (2007-2009).

The literacy and numeracy content is developed from the livelihood and income generation training and based on a participatory action learning approach with a bottom-up strategy. The project is supported by the existing Doses of Hope microfinance scheme. Each graduate becomes eligible for a loan to purchase the requisite tool kit or to start his/her income generating activity. It is expected that the combination of the microfinance scheme with functional adult literacy training will boost both the project’s output and set standards for a good concept that works well.

In its first two years, as well as directly improving the lives of 200 trainees, the project will indirectly help 1,400 family members; it has already facilitated accessibility to equal opportunities and enhanced the trainees’ employability.

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