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Focus on Basic Education and Literacy
Moderator: Anne L. Matthews, RI Director and
Future Vision Committee Member

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Rotary supports
activities and
training to improve
education for all
children and
literacy for children
and adults.

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Rotary’s Support of Basic Education & Literacy
Narrow Focus
Broad FocusGlobal
Grants
District
Grants
Service Projects
Rotarian Action Group for
Literacy (LitRag)

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Basic Education and Literacy Goals
• Involving the community to support programs
that strengthen the capacity of communities to
provide basic education and literacy to all;
• Increasing adult literacy in communities
• Working to reduce gender disparity in education
• Supporting studies for career-minded
professionals related to basic education and
literacy.

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Panelists
• Noraseth Pathmanand, PRID and LitRag President, RC
Bangrak, Thailand, District 3350
• Carolyn Johnson, District Governor-elect, RC
Yarmouth, Maine, United States, District 7780
• Jones Kyazze, Basic Education and Literacy Cadre
Member, RC Nateete-Kampala, Uganda, District 9200

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PDG Dr. Richard Walker
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Saowalak Rattanavich

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Myanmar Laos
MalaysiaIndonesia
Cambodia
Surin
Chaiyaphum
Bangkok
Buriram
Sisaket
Vietnam

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Guatemala Literacy Project
(GLP)
A partnership between Rotary clubs
& the non-profit organization, Cooperative for Education
16 Years, 404 Rotary Clubs, 63 Districts

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Textbooks
Computer
labs, traini
ng, &
technical
support
Scholarships
Literacy
Instruction

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Culture of Reading Program
Ongoing teacher training, classroom support,
basic materials

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1. Identify needs
2. Sustainability
3. Measurable
results
Factors for Success

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Needs: Why Guatemala?

14. 2013 RI CONVENTION Carolyn F Johnson / Guatemala Literacy Project / Culture of Reading Program

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Sustainability Plan
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$5
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4
+
+$1 $5
Year 5
$1 $1 $1 $1+ + +

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Sustainability
Ongoing teacher training

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Sustainability
Classroom support

18. Textbook Project
Computer Project
Scholarship
CORP Project
GLP Guatemala

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Results

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Results

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Results

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1. Identify needs
2. Sustainability
3. Measure
results

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Carolyn Johnson cfj2@mac.com
Rotary Club of Yarmouth, Maine, USA
District 7780
www.guatemalaliteracy.org

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Focus Groups & Activities
• For Adults: Emphasis on
-Organization
-Facilitator Training
-Materials/supplies
provision

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• For Young ones: Emphasis on
- Support to primary
schools
- Identification of disenabling
factors
- Attenuation of Challenges
through action on
disenabling
factors

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• Desirability, Feasibility,
Impact & Sustainability
• Rotary Strengths &
Weaknesses
• Availability of Volunteers
for Service Above Self
• Availability of operational structures such as
Rotaractors, Interactors and RCCs as
partners in service
• Limitation of resources
Guiding Factors

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• For Adults:
- Awareness/Sensitization
- Social /Cultural sensibilities
- Location of activities
• For Primary Schools
- Location of the school &
Management
- Nature of disenabling
factors to be attenuated
Operational Challenges depending on Focus Group and
Location

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• In the face of a
multitude
of challenges in
the area of
Basic Education and
Literacy
- Which ones should
Rotary Focus on?
- Why?
Questions For Consideration

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Basic Education and Literacy
Resources:
• Area of Focus
Publication;
• Rotarian Action Group
for Literacy
• Basic Education and
Literacy Statement
(Global Grants)
• District/Regional
Leaders
• Staff

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Thank you
for your
time and
service to
Rotary
Questions?