UN Supports Bilingual Literacy In Bolivia

The meagre silver deposits of Bolivia’s mountainous mining region of Potosi are just one of many obstacles to a better way of life faced by miners there. Until recently, their hopes were also were also stymied by their inability to read, even in their own native Quechua. Now, thanks to the efforts of the UN Population Fund and the Turner Foundation, bilingual classes in Quechua and Spanish are helping some of Bolivia’s poorest women to achieve the literacy that opens doors to a better quality of life.