Can You Sign Your Name?

According to the National Institute For Literacy, 113 million children around the world have no access to primary education. This number continues to grow. All too often I take for granted the gift of reading and writing, (though I might question the gift of writing.) I forget there are millions who can’t even read. I was rudely reminded of this fact when standing in the queue at the Port Shepstone post office. There was a black woman about my age already being helped at the counter, the post office worker was reading a letter to her, helping with the filling in of forms, and when the woman signed, she pressed her thumb onto an ink pad pressed hard on the form, then gave it back. Most of us sign our names several times a day without giving it a second thought.

Though sterling work is being done in the bigger centers, the averages for learners completing the courses are low. Courses need to be tailored to for students to experience the benefits from the outset, and not focused on getting them diplomas. Practical application in their daily lives, presented in an exciting and fun manner. Reaching people in remote rural areas is where the challenge lies. It is here where children often walk hours to get to school. It is also here where there are children looking after children. It is also here where we want to make a difference, a meaningful difference.

Dalenco is proud to launch a poetry competition. This is not a vanity publishing competition. It is a straight forward competition with a first prize of $500.00 (US), second prize $250.00 (US) third prize $125.00(US). The competition is being launched to raise funds for two projects we are passionate about.

Literacy and vulnerable children in communities.

The competition has a reading fee of $15.00 for three poems.
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Poems can be submitted to
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Closing Date 15th June 2009

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