AN EDUCATION PROGRAM IN CENTRAL AFRICA
With few books and very few resources, a French woman, Mary Fournial has undertaken since 1998 to create centers Literacy in Rwanda. Thousands of people have benefited. Today, this movement spread to other African countries.
We asked him to share with us his experience. In September 1998, my husband went to work in Rwanda, where I joined him. This country was completely devastated by the 1994 genocide that had 1 million dead in three months.
Living there was still very dangerous. I could not open the door or out without my husband. And yet, in this city, Kigali, people desperately need help. And I knew quje could help.
So I decided to do something. I distributed 20 brochures "Learning to learn 'about the teaching method developed by Ron Hubbard. A month later, there were people who came to the house. I was training with I had. The next day, each returning with 5 others and so on. Until the day when there were so many people that, for safety, I had to ask the Minister of Justice for permission to continue. What I did. And he told me he wanted to extend these actions across the country because it corresponded exactly to the objectives of the new government. So we moved to a bigger house to install a classroom. When my husband and I left Rwanda in late January 2000, they continued on their own. In October 2000, 3,500 people had benefited from these educational programs.
The project continued to expand. It has now also started in Uganda, Burundi, Congo, Tanzania and Kenya.
Before leaving, we organized a large seminar at the University of Addis Ababa in Ethiopia to train teachers. All these teachers are fantastic and moving heaven and earth to use an effective method in their country (and throughout Africa, they say).
The most striking feature in any country in Africa is that people do not just want to be helped or help their families, their friends and their country, but they want to help all of Africa.
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