Cell Phones Help Pakistani Women Learn to Read

NPR on how cell phone text messages help teach Pakistani women to read.

The Bunyad Foundation established a program to help teach them basic literacy. At the risk of ridicule from their families, they enrolled in a program where they could learn the alphabet, buy a cheap cell phone and then get text messages on the phone to practice.

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emily | 8:23 AM | Mobile phone projects - Developing World, SMS and Students |
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