RWCT Members – Canada

Code (Canadian Overseas Development Through Education) 

Trainers: More than 30
Grades: Primary and middle school; teacher training colleges
Languages:

English, Portuguese, French, and Kiswahili

Trains in: Contracted projects in Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mozambique, and Sierra Leone; trainings via distance learning
Focuses: Training and support for children’s book production in local languages. Has provided millions of copies of hundreds of titles of books to children. Pre-service and in-service teacher training with a focus on literacy, critical thinking, and girls’ empowerment.
Partners: Government Affairs Canada, Global Partnership for Education, UNICEF, and  education ministries in project countries.
Contact: CODE • 321 Chapel Street • Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 7Z2 Canada
Email: info@code.ngo
Website: https://code.ngo

 Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau teaches a class in Monrovia with a book produced by Reading-Liberia, as WCF co-director Yvonne Capehart Weah looks on. Reading-Liberia is a joint project of the We-Care Library, CODE, and RWCT. Mr. Trudeau is a former teacher.