Many people have never been able to go to school, keeping them in a cycle of poverty. They could not access education because of its cost, and some, especially women, were denied school because it was deemed a waste of time by their families and their culture. But new realities require knowledge to get ahead, let alone survive. DCI’s adult literacy program gives these people & their families a second chance at life, equipping them with the ability to read and write, to speak the national language for the first time, to understand their rights and responsibilities in society, to develop their faith, and to run profitable businesses.