Literacy Without Borders and Restore Belize are pleased to announce that training on the Academy of Reading and the Academy of Math is underway in Belize. Thanks to a gift from the Government of China (Taiwan), and the foresight of Restore Belize, the Government of Belize was able to secure 100 computers and a Master Licence...
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Check out these videos from our recent literacy training institute in Belize. Special thanks to Love TV for profiling us! ...
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What a great wrap-up to our 3 day training institute! LoveTV and Radio Belize came and sang Twinkle Twinkle Little Star with us at our Rhymes That Bind training session and we were featured on the Channel 5 news. Read the article from Channel 5 below or view it here. Literacy Without Borders terrific work in...
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Literacy Without Borders is excited to be back in Belize and actively engaging our partners! Beginning today, Executive Director Randy Boissonnault and Board member Kirsten Poon, along with Master Trainer Wendy Peverett from the Centre for Family Literacy, are running a three day training institute in Belize City with partners from across the country. Participants...
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The wheels are in motion for Literacy Without Borders. The first official day of our February 2012 trip started off with a visit to Youth for the Future, a youth-centered agency mandated to advocate, empower, develop and engage active participation of young people at all levels for the overall development of Belize. Created by the...
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On Thursday January 26th at the Leading with Literacy Breakfast, a partnership was announced between the Centre for Family Literacy (CFL) and Literacy Without Borders (LWB). This partnership has many benefits to both organizations. CFL will provide LWB with the knowledge and experience of setting up literacy programs and how to effectively promote literacy among...
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What do 10 computers equipped with CALS (Computer Assisted Learning System), 10 eager students and 3 enthusiastic volunteers add up to? A LWB literacy promotion site! LWB, in partnership with the City of Edmonton Youth Council (CEYC) and Boys & Girls Big Brothers Big Sisters Edmonton, launched its first literacy site at John A. MacDougall...
Read More...LWB was invited to return to Belize with Belize Literacy Project (BLP). On this trip, Randy Boissonnault & Kaitie Worobec provided logistics and workshop support. LWB met with university, college, government and community partners to prepare for the 2012/13 placement. This trip also provided the opportunity to assess logistics for Punta Gorda, the fourth community on our 2012/13 list of placements. The other communities will be Belize City, San Ignacio, and Belmopan.
Literacy Without Borders officially launched June 13 2011 at the Fairmont Hotel Macdonald, at a reception sponsored by the Fairmont.
Over 65 prospective donors, volunteers, and fans attended the event. Board Chair Sarah Hayward welcomed guests to the event. Executive Director Randy Boissonnault shared our promotional video and then share the history and vision for LWB with the audience. Board Member, Ted Kouri, finished up remarks with an impassioned plea for community leaders to get involved and to donate to LWB.
Edmonton Journal Columnist Todd Babiak covered the event and wrote an article about it.
Synopsis
LWB was invited to join the Rotary District 5370 Belize Literacy Program (BLP) planning trip to Belize in March 2011. Our ED, Randy Boissonnault, and Board Member, Marcella Mandeville provided logistics and workshop support to the Belize Literacy Program and set out to share the concept of LWB with community and educational leaders.
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