Our small grant partners (local organizations that provide the training) work with women who are economically active to teach them basic literacy and numeracy skills over a period of 6 months -- the trainees run a small kiosk, sell tomatoes from their garden on the roadside, or buy and re-sell goods at local markets and want to know how to manage their business activity and their money better in the future.
An hour outside of Dili in Metinaro, Cristina Soares had the simplest answer when asked why she was interested in this course and how she would use these lessons in the future - "Ho informasaun ne'e, sira la bele bosok hau". Once she learns the basic tenants of literacy in Tetum, no one will be able to lie to her about how much something costs or what something says! Well said.
