KALASHA
LITERACY PROGRAM ( 2006-2007)
Project
Summary
Project title: Kalasha Literacy Project
Executing Agency: Kalash Environmental Protection Society (KEPS)
Location
of Project: Three
Kalasha valleys Bumburet, Rumbur and Birir District Chitral, North
West Frontier Province, Pakistan
Starting
Date: 2006 to 2007
Justification
Socio-cultural
· A people
group that can read and write in their own language
strengthens their society as a whole. They are better able to take care of themselves,
and able to contribute to the wider community. A disadvantaged people bring shame on a society,
and can lead to political instability. Within a people
group it is important that literacy be made available to
all equally. This enhances social cohesion, leading to a
happier and more stable people.
- When a minority language is given the dignity of
writing, it is no longer an orphan amongst larger,
written languages. While those other languages may
justifiably have more status or political sway, a
smaller written language is at least given a status,
a valid place in the wider scheme of communication.
Educational
- The perceptual-cognitive process of reading is
learnt just once in a lifetime.
- Having grasped the symbols and strategies of
reading their language, readers can then go on to
develop a broad understanding of life and the world.
By thus engaging in the interchange of thought,
readers may grow in areas of knowledge and
expertise, benefiting all those around, including
their society as a whole.
- The primary purpose of language is the
communication of meaning. (Written language releases this communication
from its temporal state, and increases its depth.)
- Thus, when a child or adult learns to read in a
language they do not know, an inherent contradiction
exists in the process. The symbols are converted to
oral/aural symbols, but the meaning is
lacking, or only partial.
· This leads to
a detachment from the meaning of the text, and thus
arises a hindrance to the development one’s thought
processes. Rote learning then tends to become the
preferred method of education, especially in the early
years. Eventually one becomes accustomed to not
understanding properly what one reads. Higher learning
and literacy skills are then out of reach for all but
the brightest of students. The inaccuracy of thought is
further intensified as the student has not been able to
spend the usual, fuller amount of time mastering and
developing skills in their own written language first.
First
language literacy is essential for:
- Accurate mastery of the reading process
- Proper development of the thought processes
necessary for education
- Solid competence in one’s own language
- Affirmation (or status) of the language and
cultural identity of a people
- Continuity between generations, of relationships,
knowledge of customs, and social cohesion.
Philosophical
· Vernacular literacy is the gateway to true dignity for
a people. It opens the way for educated concourse with
the world at large.
- When a people’s language remains oral, even the
noblest of thoughts are vulnerable to the whims of
time and circumstance. They may be scattered as so
many leaves upon an autumn wind, or leave only vague
traces in the sands of history, when swamped by
invading tides of thought.
- The language of one’s mother is the language of
the heart. To give words the wings of writing is to
give the heart wings. To give the heart wings is to
open the springs of life.
Goals:
1.
To enable the Kalasha to have a written language.
2.
To preserve their language and their endangered culture.
3.
To collect the Kalasha stories
4.
To Educate the Kalasha children in their own language
5.
Give training to the Kalasha teachers how to use the
alphabet.
Activities:
- To
read stories from the Kazi’s.
- To
provide all Kalash children with an alphabet book
based on roman script.
- To
do documentation and filming of the project.
- To
arrange teachers training how to use the alphabet
book and pronunciation.
- To
teach the books to the children in the Kalasha
Primary Schools.
- To
teach the alphabet book to all the school children,
elders and as well as the illiterate who are willing
to read and write the Kalasha script.
Beneficiaries:
The Kalasha inhabitants of
Bumburet, Birir and Rumbur, although the Kalasha will
be the main beneficiary.
BUDGET
INTERNATIONAL
AIR FARE EXPENSES
FORM
OF TRAVEL / DESTINATION |
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS
|
EXPENSE OF ONE
|
TOTAL EXPENSES
|
Air
Budapest-London-Peshawar
|
1
|
700 GBP
1036 Euro
5425 USD
73276 PKR
|
700 GBP
1036 Euro
5425 USD
73276 PKR
|
Air
London-Peshawar
|
1
|
724
GBP
1080
Euro
1296
USD
76259
PKR
|
724
GBP
1080
Euro
1296
USD
76259
PKR
|
Air
Athens-London-Sydney
|
1
|
834 GBP
1245 Euro
1493 USD
87910 PKR
|
834 GBP
1245 Euro
1493 USD
87910 PKR
|
Air
Budapest-London-Sydney
|
1
|
889 GBP
1326 Euro
1593 USD
93629 PKR
|
889 GBP
1326 Euro
1593 USD
93629 PKR
|
Air
London-Sydney
|
1
|
749 GBP
1117 Euro
1340 USD
78872 PKR
|
749 GBP
1117 Euro
1340 USD
78872 PKR
|
Air
Athens-Peshawar
|
1
|
470 GBP
700 Euro
840 USD
49427 PKR
|
470 GBP
700 Euro
840 USD
49427 PKR
|
SubTotal
GBP = 4366
EURO = 6504
USD = 11,987
PKR = 4,59,373
LODGING
AND SUBSISTENCE
LOCATION /
NUMBER
OF DAYS |
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS
|
EXPENSE OF ONE
PERSON/DAY
|
TOTAL EXPENSES
|
Accommodation in
Peshawar
/ 6 days
|
3
|
15 GBP
22 Euro
26 USD
1500 PKR
|
270 GBP
396 Euro
468 USD
27000 PKR
|
Accommodation in
Chitral / 6 days
|
3
|
15 GBP
22 Euro
26 USD
1500 PKR
|
270 GBP
396 Euro
468 USD
27000 PKR
|
Accommodation in
Kalasha
Valleys
/ 35 days
|
5
|
5 GBP
7 Euro
9 USD
500 PKR
|
875 GBP
1225 Euro
1575 USD
87500 PKR
|
Per diem subsistence in
Pakistan
/ 47 days
|
4
|
15 GBP
22 Euro
26 USD
1500 PKR
|
2820 GBP
4136 Euro
4888 USD
282000 PKR
|
Accommodation in
Sydney
/ 15 days
|
3
|
26 GBP
38 Euro
40 USD
2683 PKR
|
1170 GBP
1710 Euro
1800 USD
120735 PKR
|
Per diem subsistence (food and travel) in
Sydney
/ 15 days
|
3
|
20 GBP
29 Euro
35 USD
2048 PKR
|
900 GBP
1305 Euro
1575 USD
92160 PKR
|
Sub
Total:
GBP = 6,305
Euro = 9,168
USD = 10,774
PKR = 6,36,395
DOCUMENTATION
ITEM
|
REQUIRED AMOUNT
|
EXPENSE OF ONE
ITEM
|
TOTAL EXPENSES
|
Photographic
|
FUJI
NPS 160/135-36
Films and development
|
250 rolls
|
3 GBP
4 Euro
5 USD
300 PKR
|
750 GBP
1000 Euro
1250 USD
75000 PKR
|
Audio recording
|
Stands, cables, etc (Misc Photographic, audio accessories)
|
Variable
|
242 GBP
312 Euro
372 USD
22246 PKR
|
242 GBP
312 Euro
372 USD
22246 PKR
|
Materials for Development
|
Photographic
Audio:
|
200
|
40
|
80 GBP
112 Euro
134 USD
8000 PKR
|
|
50 (Pkts)
|
70
|
34 GBP
50 Euro
58 USD
3500 PKR
|
- Re-chargeable
batteries for Digital Camera
|
10
|
600
|
58 GBP
84 Euro
106 USD
6000 PKR
|
|
2
|
7000
|
135 GBP
197 Euro
234 USD
14000 PKR
|
Video:
|
50
|
1700
|
82 GBP
120 Euro
142 USD
85000 PKR
|
- Batteries
for Video Camera
|
10
|
2000
|
192 GBP
282 Euro
335 USD
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