Senegal has one of the world's lowest literacy rates, with around half of its people unable to read or write. The Bible Society in Senegal, together with local churches, is running literacy classes, helping people learn to read and write in their mother tongues. UNESCO has given official recognition to the literacy work undertaken by United Bible Societies. United Bible Societies now has the status of NGO partner with UNESCO.
Senegal has one of the world's lowest literacy rates, with around half of its people unable to read or write. The Bible Society in Senegal, together with local churches, is running literacy classes, helping people learn to read and write in their mother tongues. UNESCO has given official recognition to the literacy work undertaken by United Bible Societies. United Bible Societies now has the status of NGO partner with UNESCO.
The Lepcha language, spoken by around 40,000 people in Sikkim, India's smallest state, has been in decline for many years. But a project to translate the Bible into Lepcha is causing great excitement and a renewed interest in the language and in the Bible, too. In this video, Lepcha Bible translator, Pemba Stephen Lepcha, talks about the project and its impact on Lepcha Christians.
This video shows one of the many Bible literacy classes that are run each week in churches across China. Bible Societies support this work by providing Bibles for use in the classes.
This video shows rural Christians in China's Henan Province receiving Bibles. Many rural Christians are too poor to afford a Bible, so many of the villagers received their very first Bible during this distribution.
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