Cuba proposes broad cooperation to eradicate illiteracy
BRASILIA.— At the Forum for Latin American and East Asian Cooperation (FEALAC) Cuba proposed an extensive process of cooperation expected to substantially contribute to the eradication of illiteracy.
 The “I Can Do It” method is used in many countries. |
The proposal was presented by Foreign Minister Felipe Pérez Roque in his speech to the 3rd FEALAC meeting of foreign ministers which ended here on Thursday.
He said that as a result of limited access to culture, science and education, 800 million adults are illiterate and 80 million children do not attend school in the world of today.
This is unforgivable, he pointed out, since there can be no development without human capital and no freedom without culture.
While advocating cooperation among FEALAC member countries in the effort to eradicate illiteracy, the Cuban minister highlighted the well-known success of the “I Can Do It” method developed by Cuban specialists and endorsed by UNESCO.
posted by Alice at
Saturday, August 25, 2007
2 Comments:
Hola, Alicia -
Just discovered your blog and like what I'm reading here. Just a quick note as today there's a demo in Los Angeles, where I live, in support of Elvira Arellano and all immigrants to this country.
Here's leaflet I made up out of an article from the Cuban media about her:
http://www.walterlippmann.com/elvira-arellano-leaflet.pdf
My father and his parents lived in Cuba from 1939 to 1942. They were German Jewish refugees from Hitler’s holocaust. That’s where my own interest in Cuba comes from. Cuban society today represents an effort to build an alternative to the way life was under the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista. Some things work, some don’t. It has its flaws and contradictions, as well as significant achievements. No society is perfect. But we can learn a few things from Cuba’s experience.
Since seven years, I’ve operated the CubaNews list, a free Yahoo news group which compiles a wide range of materials, pro and con, about Cuba, its people, politics and culture, and life within the island and affecting it in the Cuban diapora abroad. Details on the Yahoo newsgroup: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CubaNews/
Gotta go now,
Walter Lippmann
Los Angeles, CAlifornia
Hi Walter -
Thanks for the comment and the link.
--No society is perfect. But we can learn a few things from Cuba’s experience.--
I agree.
-Alice
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