In UNESCO, Bolivia recommends Cuban literacy method

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In UNESCO, Bolivia recommends Cuban literacy method

PARIS.— In UNESCO this Monday, Bolivia highlighted its government’s efforts to wipe out illiteracy with the help of Cuba and it’s "Yes, I Can Do It!" literacy method.

Lorgio Vaca, Bolivia’s delegate on the executive council of UNESCO, also praised Venezuela’s help in this area, Prensa Latina reported.

More than half a million people have learned how to read and write as the result of an intensive and successful campaign that will conclude at the end of this year, Vaca said.

The diplomat noted that the Cuban audiovisual method called "Yo sí puedo" (Yes, I Can Do It) places value on the traditional knowledge of adults and helps them learn in a liberating way, using modern communications equipment.

As part of the program, more than 23,000 literacy stations have been set up with televisions and video projectors, throughout Bolivia, even in remote towns without electricity, Vaca explained.

As part of fraternal cooperation among countries, Cuban optometrists have provided medical attention to a quarter of a million of the program’s participants, and provided eyeglasses for more than 200,000 people who needed them.

Vaca emphasized that, in the name of his country and that half million adults who have learned how to read in just a few months and in three different indigenous languages along with Spanish, he recommended that UNESCO consider Cuba’s reiterated offers.

The "Yo sí puedo" method has been adapted to many and diverse idiosyncrasies and languages, and can help UNESCO meet the goals that it has set in this area and with Cuba’s cooperation in solidarity, he said.

More about world renown Cuba's Yes I Can literacy program here.





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