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Learning for Life (LFL) was a health-focused, accelerated adult literacy and learning initiative to prepare women and older girls in rural areas of 12 provinces for Community Health Worker (CHW) and Community Midwife training. Learning for Life started in December 2004 in Kabul and Herat provinces and expanded to over 7800 women in 12 provinces by summer 2005.
For this USAID-funded project, CIE was a sub-contractor to Management Services for Health (MSH). CIE in turn sub-contracted with the International Rescue Committee to carry out the implementation of the project in 12 provinces in Afghanistan in collaboration with local NGOs. Two tiers of classes were provided: 1) the Foundations Program - multi-grade classes covering reading, writing and numeracy skills at the 1st through 6th grade levels to prepare women for CHW training and 2) a Bridging Program [Only these materials are contained in this collection.] covering skills required for eligibility in the community midwife program.
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CIE staff designed an innovative instructional program to enable rural women to gain literacy and numeracy skills quickly. The program used learning centers where women could attend classes for several hours each day. Using nonformal and gender-sensitive pedagogies, local facilitators guided the women through a series of learning milestones designed to be the equivalent of the formal primary school curriculum. The milestones focused on literacy (listening, speaking, reading and writing), mathematics, and health sciences.
For this USAID-funded project, CIE was a sub-contractor to Management Services for Health (MSH). CIE in turn sub-contracted with the International Rescue Committee to carry out the implementation of the project in 12 provinces in Afghanistan in collaboration with local NGOs. Two tiers of classes were provided: 1) the Foundations Program - multi-grade classes covering reading, writing and numeracy skills at the 1st through 6th grade levels to prepare women for CHW training and 2) a Bridging Program [Only these materials are contained in this collection.] covering skills required for eligibility in the community midwife program.
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CIE staff designed an innovative instructional program to enable rural women to gain literacy and numeracy skills quickly. The program used learning centers where women could attend classes for several hours each day. Using nonformal and gender-sensitive pedagogies, local facilitators guided the women through a series of learning milestones designed to be the equivalent of the formal primary school curriculum. The milestones focused on literacy (listening, speaking, reading and writing), mathematics, and health sciences.