This has gone so
well. Three villages are involved with the programme. After assessing the
reading levels as we did some group reading and small
family group readings according to ability.
We discovered very
low literacy and two dominant local languages Lugbara and Alur. Parents and children
did not want to develop local language but
they chose to learn English instead.
It soon became apparent that parents and
children were confused about how to pronounce vocabulary and we realised that
we needed to develop the reading by teaching phonics and the break down of
words into sounds. By using the big book bible stories i.e. Joseph, Noah and
David we started to break down the words into
segments for easier reading. ‘J’, ‘o,
‘s’,
‘e’,’ph’
’’Joseph! This is easy” exclaimed one mum as she started reading
for the first time. It’s so exciting.
Eight adults and
forty children turned out last week and there was a
village funeral to contend with so numbers will be
higher next week. But because we are using an
inclusive approach to learning with parents and children
working together the programme works with big
numbers.
Songs and games are also a valuable part of
this programme and we have committed staff. Both enjoyed being
with children/youth and happily helped us encourage Eruba Primary School’s deaf and hearing through sport/drama.
Our
good friend Walt also enjoyed being a part of our efforts to unite parent and
children through the PCU programme Helen is leading. We really enjoyed Walt’s
our son Laurence’s visit.
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