Shoe Shines Help Fight Illiteracy.

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Publication Date: 1971

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Shoe Shines Help Fight Illiteracy

Indian Journal of Adult Education, 32, 4, 18-9, Apr 71

This article discusses a pilot program in functional literacy undertaken by Danish and Norwegian students. The students raised 100,000 dollars which will send 250 instructors to Zambia to teach basic learning skills, agricultural techniques, nutrition, child care and hygiene. (RR)

Descriptors: Agricultural Skills, Basic Skills, Developing Nations, Financial Support, Functional Literacy

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Identifiers - Location: Zambia

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