Our Sisters Read

  • P Project/Program

? Activity Status: Unknown

Key Information

Through access to books and implementing reading activities both in and out of school, Our Sisters Read helps create a lifelong love of reading.

Lead Implementing Organization(s)
Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Kenya, Senegal

Activity URL

https://womensglobal.org/literacy/

Government Affiliation
Non-governmental program
Years

Not applicable or unknown

Partner(s)

LuminAid, Johnson &Johnson, Global Giving, The Chicago Community Trust, Caterpillar Foundation, Manaaki, Neutrogena, IBM

Ministry Affiliation
Unknown
Funder(s)

COVID-19 Response
Unknown
Geographic Scope
Global / regional
Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  
Unknown
Areas of Work Back to Top
Education areas
Quality
  • Teacher training
Skills
  • Literacy
Cross-cutting areas
  • Gender equality
Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Girls in school, Youth

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

All in school

School Level

  • Lower primary
  • Upper primary
  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary
Other populations reached

Not applicable or unknown

Participants include

Not applicable or unknown

Program Approaches Back to Top
Access to school
  • Alternative learning centers/mobile schools/home schools
Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization
  • Community mobilization
  • General awareness-raising/community engagement
Educational Technology
  • Digital devices for the purposes of studying, learning
  • Digital learning materials/programs
Increased availability of learning materials
  • Increased availability of Fiction/non-fiction books (paper)
  • Textbooks (paper)
Reducing economic barriers
  • Addressing cost of school supplies
School-related gender-based violence
  • Training of school personnel (including teachers)
Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
  • Increased literacy
Cross-cutting goals
  • Increased agency and empowerment