UNESCO Invites ProLiteracy South Africa Partner to Paris
Operation Upgrade is the oldest literacy NGO in South Africa. It was founded in 1966 with the active leadership of Frank Laubach, founder of Laubach Literacy International. Based in the city of Durban, Operation Upgrade emphasizes native language and English literacy within the context of varied community and institutional structures, including squatter slums, rural villages, impoverished towns, and workplaces. Operation Upgrade teaches adults to read in Zulu, Venda, Sepedi, Setswana, Xitsonga, Sesotho, and English. With the help of a growing network of 5,000 trained facilitators throughout the country, the organization battles the problems of poverty, malnutrition, and HIV/AIDS through literacy development.UNESCO has invited Operation Upgrade (OU),’s historic partner in South Africa, to participate in the Global Action Week 2009 ( April 20 to 26) in Paris. Pinky Peterson (Itumeleng Lebajoa) , the KwaNibela Programme Manager, and Eunice Ngema, an OU literacy learner, will be pr...
