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In Niger, such literacy classes are taught in the local vernacular. They are offered to women who never attended school.

Past activities

Lougou Women.

A literacy class in Haoussa was held in Lougou in 2007.

Mothers of the Hope Class in Niamey.

There were two literacy groups, one in Zarma, and the other in Haoussa.

Linked with access to energy in rural areas.

Since 2011, one hundred and fifty literacy centers have been supervised by RAEDD in villages fitted with multifunctional platforms.

Dankassari women.

A good many women wish to acquire literacy skills in Haoussa in Goubeye in Dankassari.
The first group did so in 2009-2010 through the decentralized cooperation Cesson Dankassari project.

Another group of 33 women joined a literacy class in 2010-2011, within the Cesson Dankassari decentralized cooperation, in the village of Dogontapki. In 2011-2012, 50 women benefited from a literacy course in Dogontapki.

In the 2012-2014 period, a group of 33 women followed a literacy course in Guizara. Following high demand, two groups of 25 women attended a literacy course in Haoussa in the villages of Karki Mallam in 2014-2016, as well as in the villages of Kamrey in 2015-2017, of Chanono in 2016-2018 and Tounzourawa in 2017-2019.

In the 2018-2019 period, two literacy centers are operating at Tounzourawa and Toudoun-Makera, as well as in Gofawa, within the creation of a multifunctional platform.

From 2019 to 2020, two literacy centers operated at Toudoun-Makera and Bayan Doutchi. In 2020-2021 two literacy centers were in operation in Bayan Doutchi and Mailo. In 2021-2022 two literacy centers were in operation in Mailo and Bawada Dagi.

For 2022-2023 two literacy centers were active in Bawada Dagi and Lillato.
The second year of literacy programs was held in Lillalo in 2023-2024.

Literacy and empowerment

The content of the training received by women during the literacy process is as follows: learning to write, read and count in their language, Hausa, and improving everyday life skills related to their economic and socio-cultural development.

Women’s literacy improves their daily self-sufficiency and encourages them to have an income-inducing activity. The group of literate women in Karki-Malam asked for a micro-loan system to be created after their 2-year training. Which has been in place since 2018 thanks to funding from the city of Cesson -Sévigné (2018-20 period, 2021-23 period).
In the end, 13 villages were equipped with micro-credits for literate women.

Goubeye, 2010 (Abdoul Aziz Soumaïla)