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ProLiteracy Worldwide
Statement of Purpose ProLiteracy Worldwide is represented in 51 developing countries as well as in the U.S. and serves more than 350,000 adult new learners around the world each year. Its purpose is to sponsor educational programs and services to empower adults and their families by assisting them to acquire the literacy practices and skills they need to function more effectively in their daily lives and participate in the transformation of their societies. Its publishing division, New Readers Press, produces and distributes approximately 500 titles of adult educational books and materials to literacy organizations, schools, libraries, and other institutions nationwide. New Readers Press also publishes News for You, a weekly newspaper for adult new readers, which is read by 90,000 adult learners. 
Programs & Activities
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Contact Information
http://www.proliteracy.org
Members: Send contact or program updates to Andrea Bediako, Senior Program Associate for Membership.
RELATED DOCUMENTS
International Literacy Day Focus on Gender 
Categories
Region of Activity: Africa - Sub-Saharan, East Asia and Pacific, Latin America and Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, South Asia
Countries of Focus: Afghanistan, Argentina, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Cambodia, Cameroon, Chile, China, Colombia, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Laos, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, West Bank, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Program Areas, Sector: Economic Growth and Development, Education, Environment, Energy and Natural, Gender, Health, HIV/AIDS, Human Rights, Peacebuilding, Peacekeeping, Women in Development
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