Increasing Literacy

The ability to read is not an isolated intellectual skill, but the key to development at the personal, local and national levels. In keeping with SIL's emphasis on the people who use lesser-known languages, our work focuses on grassroots, community-based programs for smaller language communities. The East Asia Group of SIL International is committed to a goal of enabling local people to assume responsibility for sustainable programs in their own communities and languages.

Currently the East Asia Group is involved in four bilingual education programs among four different minority people groups within China: Kam (Dong) in Guizhou province, Dongxiang in Gansu province; Bai in Yunnan province; and Dai Lue in Yunnan province.