25/08/2021
Pelita Kids learning to recognize and read letters in our basic literacy class
Since covid 19 pandemic in 2020, one of our focus programs is literacy class.
Why is literacy?
1) Based on data from the “Indonesia Reading Literacy Activity Index”, West Nusa Tenggara Province is one of the three provinces with the lowest Proficiency Dimension Index
(https://www.lpwntb.or.id/ntb-krisis-literasi/)
(https://publikasiilmiah.ums.ac.id/bitstream/handle/11617/6371/Asmadi.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y)
2) We meet some kids who still find difficulty to read and count in elementary and secondary level. Also, based on information from some teachers and NGOs in some remote areas in south Lombok, they are facing many of their students/ supported kids are find difficulty in reading and counting
3) During the pandemic, offline classrooms in formal schools stopped. They are switching to online classrooms, teacher's home visits, or shifting classroom activity where students only do join offline classroom for 2-3 hours per day. Online classroom is fine for those kids who live in the city with good access to the internet, but will be a big problem for those who live in remote areas such as
- difficulty internet access;
- parents do not have enough knowledge and time to assist the learning process;
- they do not have proper/ comfy place to learn (houses are small and crowded).
The limited time of offline learning aggravates difficulty for remote area kids to read and count, because they do not have enough books to practice and teachers to guide.
Thus, Pelita Foundation initiates to run literacy classes from Monday to Thursday which divided into two levels:
-Basic literacy for those who still find difficulty in reading and counting
- Medium literacy for those who already able to read and count where we will help them develop their reading comprehension, simple writing, and speaking through story telling.
If you wanna hold their hands to their bright future, you can be their "lighter" for their starting path by giving donation start from $ 5/ month or Rp. 50.000,- by clicking our donation link below:
https://www.pelitafoundationlombok.org/donate/
Your simple step will enlighten their future