Aligning education and health strategy is Curitiba against illiteracy
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Retired Márcio Bueno, 66, was to make a query in a health center of Curitiba and saw a poster that reported a literacy course for adults. It was while standing in front of the warning, trying to put the letters and at the same time, to disguise what other people do not realize that was illiterate.
That's how he discovered the project Alfabetizando for Health, the result of partnership between the departments of Health and Education of Curitiba. Today, the retiree is proud to be able to read and to renew a driver's license, now with his name signed on as the mark of the thumb.
"When I took the portfolio for 40 years, was with her fingers. I worked with truck, knew the signs, did not need to read, just be practical. Now, in the refresher course, they gave me a sheet to fill. I have suffered enough , sweated a lot, but all the information filled in the form. Any idea what that means? "
The design of the city of Curitiba uses the theme of health in adult literacy. The idea, which began in 2002, won last year an international award for literacy of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
The invitation to participate in the project is done during the treatment at the clinic. The community, visiting homes in a given region leading health information, also make the call. As only 4% of the population of Curitiba is illiterate, according to data from the coordination of the project, the community worker know where that audience is.
In addition to teaching adults to read and write, the proposal aims to help the person to take care of their health. "The adult will only study what the draw, because he'll want to take a driver's license, read the Bible, write a letter. What makes us different is the issue of health. Since he has an illness is interested in studying, even to improve the quality of life, "explains project coordinator with Alfabetizando Health, Marisa Marini Giacomini.
Classes are held at the health of Curitiba and more than 2 million people have gone through the project. The methodology used is that of constructivism, which aims to discuss the issues and avoid dealing with issues just as expository.
After literacy, students can go back to school, but many prefer to continue the project.
"Life now does not compare to before. To go to the bathroom I fumbled, I had to have that doll at the door. Today I'm going everywhere by himself, he can read what is written on board the bus. I sit inside reading all the signs I see, "says the retired Bernadette de Sá, 64, who participated in the project since 2008.
The coordinator assigns the success of the initiative to the simplicity of the idea and the work between the two secretariats. The project decreased the number of hospitalizations due to complications of diabetes and hypertension and increased life expectancy of the students, according to Marisa.
The good results prompted the idea for Africa. In 2005, the Health Alfabetizando won with a selection and was deployed in the region of Cabo Delgado, Mozambique.
A Brazilian team, in several visits to the country, prepared the teaching materials, qualified 1.2 thousand literacy and opened new classrooms. "There were people who were studying under trees, the book was one of the few resources that came to the community, there were no books, pencils, notebooks," says Marisa.
Source: State Agency
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