INTERNATIONAL LITERACY AND DEVELOPMENT
5818 Emily Ct, Midlothian, TX 76065 ilad.ngo

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Organizations Filed Purposes: ILAD exists to provide the skills, training, concepts, and access to materials needed to affect ongoing change with and within vulnerable communities.

ILAD partners to develop local language literacy programs coupled with economic development.

In 2020, ILAD conducted activities in 14 countries. ILAD has programs operating in literacy and development in 5 countries. ILAD is conducting language research and market analysis in 9 other countries; program design and implementation will begin once thorough research is completed.ILAD's most extensive operations are in West Africa, where ILAD staff are involved in literacy, agricultural training, social business, micro-finance, and education. Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, activities in 2020 were limited. In spite of this, ILAD conducted the following activities: [CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O]Literacy: In 2020, ILAD increased the number of mobile libraries from 9 to 12, serving 600 minority language speakers across two countries. Three mother-tongue schools also use the literature provided by these libraries.Agricultural training: Nearly 1,400 local farmers have adopted the innovative organic pineapple production methods being taught on ILAD's self-sustaining demonstration farm. Multiple, village-based, small-farm co-ops are trained and in operation. The agriculture project has expanded to include teaching pond culture tilapia raising, animal husbandry, and crop diversification.Social business: ILAD is supporting the creation of local businesses to provide fair market prices for agricultural products. These businesses generated over 50 full-time jobs for local people. During the pandemic, ILAD supplied PPE to the workers so that the business could reopen quickly.Microfinance: ILAD offers financial services such as savings and micro loans through a rural agricultural development program. 585 people are in the savings plan and 72 new loans were given in 2020, resulting in a substantial increase in income for the participants.Education: ILAD assists students by providing necessary school supplies. In 2020, approximately 1,800 rural schoolchildren were helped. ILAD was also involved in the expansion of Jr./Sr. School in a village that formerly could not provide education beyond grade school. The Jr./Sr. school has approximately 200 students enrolled. During the government-mandated shut down, many of the students stayed at the demonstration farm and learned life skills such as farming, business, animal husbandry, and basic economics.In a different West Africa location, development of a cashew demonstration farm continues to progress. Though this project is not currently serving the community on a broad scale, the research and project design is providing a sustainable framework for future engagement with the farmers in the area.In the Middle East, ILAD staff is focused on literacy and life-skills education among an overlooked, underserved minority language group. During the pandemic, many of these families lacked essential basics like food and supplies.Emergency aid: 80-100 families given with food/supplies assistanceMicro enterprise: Two women entrepreneurs were involved in creating and running a jewelry micro-enterprise which provides steady income for their families.Education: 10 families were educated about germs, bacteria, and the importance of hand washing and staying clean, and 35 hand washing stations were set up in a nomadic gypsy community with no running water.Dallas, Texas, is now home to a large refugee population, many of whom speak minority languages with no access to written or audio texts in their primary language. In 2019, ILAD conducted extensive research to determine the most acute felt needs of this specific community and determined what gaps exist in services currently being administered. At the conclusion of the research, ILAD developed an English language literacy and exchange program to help facilitate English language acquisition and cultural assimilation. As with ILAD's other locations, the pandemic forced some cancellations and adjustment to planned activities.ESL: 15 refugee families participated in trauma-informed ESL classes for fall 2020 term.Education Services: 8 families were served by school adjustment assistance, which included helping families access online portals for their child's school, and learning to navigate the virtual learning systems. Critical Information: ILAD believes that providing essential information is aid. During these Covid-dominated times, ILAD produced mother tongue videos covering a variety of topics from Covid education to how and where to obtain services, get food stamp assistance and apply for unemployment benefits. At least 150 families were reached with these critical information services through YouTube.Back to School: 9 newly arrived refugee families were helped with school enrollment and orientation assistance.Translation Services: 50 families were served with direct translation assistance.Central Asia: In 2020 ILAD started an organization which currently conducts classes for students wishing to improve their business English. This same project will also provide the foundation for a Business Development Center which will serve under resourced language communities. Classes in the BDC will commence once Covid restrictions are lifted. Education/Literacy: Business ESL classes serving 30 students.COVID basic needs for persecuted gypsy community: 600+ families given food/supplies assistance.Education: Local language health education videos were created for non-literate, under-resourced language communities that struggle with communicable diseases and hygiene practices.Human Language Technology: ILAD continued advancing the field of Human Language Technology through data collection, app development, and the creation of translation development tools, with the goal of providing access to information to these language communities through machine translation. In Asia, North Africa, Southeast Asia and the Arabian Peninsula ILAD staff are in various stages of language and culture research, market analysis, and project development.Coronavirus has impacted the timeline of implementation for some of the projects in this region, but research, project design, and education continued through 2020.

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