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    The document discusses a literacy organization called Literacy Matters that aims to reduce illiteracy among low-income children in Colombia. It plans to provide books, literacy classes, and resources to accomplish this goal. Literacy Matters will hire 10 teachers per department and have around 20 students per classroom for 4-hour literacy sessions three times a week for three months. The organization hopes to achieve literacy rate increases similar to its past programs in Córdoba and Sucre, and it needs donations of around $800,000 to fund teacher salaries, materials, and other expenses.

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    The document discusses a literacy organization called Literacy Matters that aims to reduce illiteracy among low-income children in Colombia. It plans to provide books, literacy classes, and resources to accomplish this goal. Literacy Matters will hire 10 teachers per department and have around 20 students per classroom for 4-hour literacy sessions three times a week for three months. The organization hopes to achieve literacy rate increases similar to its past programs in Córdoba and Sucre, and it needs donations of around $800,000 to fund teacher salaries, materials, and other expenses.

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    Literacy Matters: Presented by

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    Juan David Barajas Calonge
    The document discusses a literacy organization called Literacy Matters that aims to reduce illiteracy among low-income children in Colombia. It plans to provide books, literacy classes, and resources to accomplish this goal. Literacy Matters will hire 10 teachers per department and have around 20 students per classroom for 4-hour literacy sessions three times a week for three months. The organization hopes to achieve literacy rate increases similar to its past programs in Córdoba and Sucre, and it needs donations of around $800,000 to fund teacher salaries, materials, and other expenses.

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    Literacy Matters

    Presented by:

    Juan David Barajas Calonge


    Project 1, Grown Ups 7
    Language Center, Universidad de Córdoba
    2020
    What is Literacy
    Matters?

    Our mission is to reduce the illiteracy in Colombian children


    from low-income families by providing books, classes and
    literacy resources.

    1
    Is Illiteracy a real problem?

    2
    Is Illiteracy a real problem?

    3
    How shall we achieve our goals?

    4
    How shall we achieve our goals?

    4
    How shall we achieve our goals?

    5
    How shall we achieve our goals?

    10 teachers by department

    Around 20 students by
    classroom

    4 hours per day, three times a week


    during three months

    5
    How shall we achieve our goals?

    6
    A motivational example

    Caucher Birkar
    7
    A motivational example

    8
    A motivational example

    9
    Why Literacy Matters will work?

    10
    Why Literacy Matters will work?
    Literacy Matters program in Córdoba and Sucre
    100

    90

    80

    70

    60

    50

    40

    30

    20

    10

    0
    Córdoba Sucre

    Literacy rate before Literacy Matters Literacy rate after Literacy Matters
    11
    Funding
    • Donations
    • Around USD
    800.000
    • Teacher salaries
    • Travel expenses
    • Books and
    Literacy
    materials
    12
    Why do you should donate for
    Literacy Matters?

    13
    Why do you should donate for
    Literacy Matters?

    14
    Why do you should donate for
    Literacy Matters?

    Literacy is a human right essential


    for lifelong learning and social
    change.

    15
    THANKS FOR
    YOUR
    ATTENTION
    16

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