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<\/a> Our classroom is somewhat rustic, built by the students and leaders themselves. It is right on the yard of one of the leaders, and therefore they made the \u201cwalls\u201d from palm leaves to keep curious passersby from disrupting the class.<\/p>\n<\/a> Abar, teacher in training, being instructed by our first qualified Mwinika teacher, Rasu. Rasu took off a year or so from school to help us develop the Literacy materials and to get trained, but now he must go back next week to finish 12th grade this year- about the equivalent of a bachelors degree in this country! His big dream is to go to a Teacher\u2019s College to be trained as a qualified teacher. Very few Mwinika get the opportunity to do be professionally trained and we hope that we can help him make this dream come true.<\/p>\n<\/a> The idea is for us to train local teachers so that the Literacy work can spread and as many Mwinika as possible can have the opportunity to learn to read and write their mother tongue. The best teachers will in turn be trained to train others\u2026 multiplying themselves. My \u201cofficial\u201d title now is \u201cko-oritinadora\u201d (coordinator). Here you can see a glimpse of the Teacher\u2019s Manual that we developed in eMwinika for the teaching. Literacy is the first step towards reading and understanding the Word of God.<\/p>\n<\/a> Abar is still very nervous \u2013 he says his heart is running and his legs are shacking when he stands in front of the class! In the background the hostess and her daughter busy plaiting hair. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n