Tutors sign on to combat illiteracy, reduce poverty in Rwanda

About 40 tutors who will implement adult literacy programs in the Musanze District of Rwanda signed contracts after a one–month training program. The contracts bind the tutors to educate at least 3,500 adult learners on literacy and basic rights awareness. Presiding over the contract–signing ceremony at the district hall, Rachael Muyoboke, district coordinator of Profemmes–Twese hamwe, a women’s rights organization, called for integration of the adult literacy program into poverty reduction strategies. “There is need to integrate adult literacy programs with poverty reduction strategies because of the connection between the two,” Muyoboke said. Read the article at allAfrica.com.