Literacy for Social Change Manuals
Each manual in the Literacy Solutions series focuses on a specific community development issue. The manuals contain simple drawings of situations that learners see in their everyday lives, such as planting crops. Discussion questions, key vocabulary words, and important ideas accompany each drawing.
Teachers use the drawings and discussion questions to lead learners through a process that helps them not only identify solutions to local problems but becomes a literacy lesson, as well. For example, a discussion about better health care may include identifying words such as sick, health, and germ. The facilitator then may ask participants to identify particular letters in the words, the sound two letters together make, common letters in different words, etc.
Community members and in-country organizations translate the manuals into their native languages and adapt the drawings to reflect local lifestyles.
Current Titles
Parents Are Teachers: A guide for parents of children ages 0-3; focuses on activities to stimulate healthy development
Good Health Begins at Home: A guide for improving home-based primary healthcare; preventive and curative measures included
How to Start and Grow Your Own Business: A guide for financial well-being includes information on micro-credit, savings, and micro-business
Literacy in Action: A guide for combining literacy instruction with locally identified development themes
Human Rights in Daily Life: A guide to understanding and improving the practice of basic rights
Overcoming AIDS: A guide to preventing, controling, and treating HIV/AIDS
Choosing to Live HIV/AIDS Free: A guide for parents/caregivers and children on how HIV/AIDS affects the lives of children
Building Peace in Your Community: A guide for transforming conflict and practicing peace
Earth Connections: An environmental guide for sustainable living
(Planned): A guide for parents in less-developed areas on how to organize and operate schools for their children
Photos above depict native adaptations of Good Health Begins At Home, ProLiteracy's worldwide health literacy initiative.
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