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Thursday, September 26, 2013

What's so great about writing clubs?

A student from the Koinadugu District in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone wrote about his experience in the SELI Young Writers club this year. You can read his work here. He has just finished his first year in junior secondary school. Reading the students' work lets us know what they feel they gain from the club. It's not always academic achievement and not always about writing--peer respect is important, too! Students like that they gain the ability and confidence to express themselves orally in English.

If you're able, please make a donation to the Seli River Writing Project by clicking on the DONATE button to the right. SELI really needs your support this year, now that it has added a senior secondary component to the after-school Young Writers program. As our young writer explains in his essay, the club facilitators play an important part in making the clubs work. They certainly deserve the minimal stipends we pay them.

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