Libyan teacher brings women into democratic process

September 16, 2013

Before February 2011, Hoda Mohamed El-Suqoori never would have thought she would become a political activist or start her own organization. She was just a high-school teacher in Ajdabya, a small town on the Libyan coast....
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From class to community, a teacher learns to heal

September 6, 2013

In the blazing days of South Sudan’s hot season, families retreat for naps in their rakubas, outdoor structures used for relaxing in the shade. But Dorina Joseph, the only teacher in the village of Aweil Jedid, has put hers to another use: providing free education to children who cannot afford official school fees....
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Sharing a good book, one word at a time

September 6, 2013

Abrar Ali stood nervously in front of five hundred students at morning assembly. Holding her favorite book in her hands, she opened it to the first page, and shared the story with her classmates....
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Literacy spells brighter future for Nigerian student

September 3, 2013

Fourteen year-old Ammar Muhammad was not a boy who was destined for success. The son of nomadic parents in Eastern Nigeria, he was enrolled at an Almajiri school—an informal center where boys memorize the Qur’an and learn self-discipline but are also turned out to beg on the streets and live in deplorable conditions. With their limited literacy and lack of broad-based academic knowledge, Almajiri boys are rarely able to transition into formal schools....
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