The educational impact of learning materials is our foundation and on that proven foundation, we innovate, designing with users and partners from the public and private sectors-to increase accessibility and lower cost for inclusive and equitable quality education for all. eKitabu delivers accessible digital content and innovative programs for inclusive and quality education. A Content Development Challenge with prizes for local developers will create new, born-accessible content for the new Kenyan curriculum. The Umuganda Literacy by eKitabu takes place in the community libraries of Ruhango, Burera, Kirehe, Ngororero, and Gasabo districts in the northern, southern, eastern, and western provinces of Rwanda. eKitabu will catalyze the born accessible book chain in Kenya to create a library of open source, accessible digital titles, adapting its open standards based toolkit for local content developers. Teachers and schools also stand a chance to win awards. Accessible digital content for inclusive and quality education For eKitabu, the educational impact of books is our. It’s more fun reading storybooks together especially the ones that engage children with disabilities.” Iragena Jean Luc, Peer Educator, Ruhango Community Library. Enter to win the Digital Essay Competition 2023 Submit your essay today for a chance to win scholarship funds, computing devices, certificates, national recognition, and gift hampers. Umuganda Literacy focuses on gathering all children with and without disabilities to read accessible reading resources at the community library. “Previously we used to take storybooks to children at their homes and engage them in a reading session. It aims at creating awareness of reading, literacy, and inclusivity in the community and promoting the involvement of all children. The Umuganda Literacy is an eKitabu initiative held quarterly in the year and targets children with and without disabilities at primary levels, families, librarians, youth volunteers with disabilities, and community education workers in Rwanda. The reading session has been amazing.” Mukangoga Providence, Library Officer, Ruhango Community Library. Thank you eKitabu for coordinating, planning, and engaging children with and without disabilities and bringing to light the inclusivity in literacy. This has been an exciting and special kind of event gathering. “We are happy to have the first Literacy Umuganda in our community. Over 20,000 children with disabilities are out of school or not getting access to education from the National Council of Persons with Disabilities survey conducted in 2020, limiting utilization of reading material in Sign Language and Braille.įor this reason, In September 2022 during the National Literacy Month, eKitabu Rwanda held the Umuganda Literacy event in Ruhango District, Southern Province, Rwanda in collaboration with Rwandan schools, youth volunteers, peer educators, community libraries, and local village leaders, hosting over 300 audiences of children and adults with and without disabilities. The learning outcome is still low among children at primary levels in the community. In Rwanda as in many other countries in Africa, Illiteracy and access to teaching and learning materials for learners with and without disabilities, teachers, and families is often a barrier to inclusive and equitable quality education.
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