Starfish Malawi - Christmas Appeal 2017: Equipping children to read and write
Did you know that currently 1 in 4 of Malawi's young adults cannot read and write in any language? As literacy is a “ladder out of poverty” (Morgan Freeman, backed by vast evidence!) we want to give children the best possible start in learning to read and write. However, this is no easy task – especially as they have two languages to master…. Although most families in Malawi speak Chichewa or other indigenous languages as their first language, the law requires that all childr
