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Subject: UNESCO UNVEILS WINNERS OF ANNUAL LITERACY AWARDS

Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:05:02 -0400
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UNESCO UNVEILS WINNERS OF ANNUAL LITERACY AWARDS

New York, Jul 28 2011  1:05PM

Literacy programmes in Burundi, Mexico, the Democratic Republic of the
Congo (DRC) and the United States
<"http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/resources/online-materials/single-view/news/unesco_literacy_prizes_2011_reward_innovation_and_peace_building/">won
the 2011 International Literacy Prizes of United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

The awards, worth $20,000 each, will be distributed in September at
International Literacy Day celebrations in New Delhi, India, the agency
announced today.

UNESCO identified the
<"http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/education-building-blocks/literacy/literacy-prizes/2011/">winners
as: <BR>

<li>The National Literacy Service of Burundi won one of two King Sejong
Literacy Prizes for its approach that links functional literacy to daily
life issues and to topics related to peace and tolerance. </li>

<li>The National Institute for the Education of Adults of Mexico won the
other award for its Bilingual Literacy for Life programme, which has
helped reduce illiteracy rates among indigenous populations, especially
women, and for improving indigenous people’s ability to exercise their
rights. </li>

<li>The US-based Room to Read shared the Confucius Prize for Literacy for
a programme on promoting gender equality and literacy through local
language publishing. Operating in nine countries – Bangladesh, Cambodia,
India, Laos, Nepal, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Viet Nam and Zambia – the
programme has assisted communities in developing culturally relevant
reading materials in local and minority languages. </li>

<li>Collectif Alpha Ujuvi in the DRC also won for its programme called
Peaceful Coexistence of Communities and Good Governance in North Kivu,
which attempts to resolve tensions and conflicts among individuals and
communities through developing literacy.

The agency said honourable mentions were also awarded to: Allah Bakhsh
Malik, Secretary, Government of the Punjab, Pakistan, for leadership in
the implementation of the Adult Education and Vocational Skills programme;
and the City Literacy Coordinating Council, Tagum City, the Philippines,
for its Peace Management Literacy and Continuing Education through its
“Night Market” programme, which uses peace education activities, literacy
teaching and business entrepreneurship to generate jobs for marginalized
populations.
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