WOMEN IN LITERACY GRANTS.

WOMEN IN LITERACY GRANTS. On July 3, Laubach Literacy announced that 10 organizations willshare a total of $60,000 in grants from Women in Literacy/USA (WIL/USA). WIL/USA gives grants each year to community-based organizationsthat integrate literacy instruction with participatory problem-solvingapproaches that enable women to make lasting social and economic changesfor themselves, their families and their communities. Grants of $6,000 each were awarded to: Refugee Women'sAlliance of Seattle, Wash.; Literacy Volunteers of Cibola County,Grants, N.M.; International Institute of Rhode Island Rhode Island, island, United StatesRhode Island,island, 15 mi (24 km) long and 5 mi (8 km) wide, S R.I., at the entrance to Narragansett Bay. It is the largest island in the state, with steep cliffs and excellent beaches. , Providence, R.I.;Learning Connection for Adult Education, Brentwood, N.Y.; Brick House,Turner Falls Turner Falls is Oklahoma's tallest waterfall, measuring some 77 feet in its full descent, and continually rates as one of Oklahoma's most popular attractions, drawing thousands from the region in the sweltering days of summer. , Mass.; East Texas Literacy Council, Longview, Texas Longview is a city in Texas, United States, located between Dallas, TX and Shreveport, LA. The population was 73,345 at the 2000 census, but a 2005 estimate placed the city's population at 75,609. ; LakeCounty Library Adult Literacy Program, Lakeport, Calif.; Learning andLoving Education Center, Morgan Hill, Calif.; Literacy Chicago, Chicago,Ill.; and Prima College Adult Education, Tucson, Ariz. WIL/USA is a global women's literacy campaign literacy campaignliteracy n → Kampagne f gegen das Analphabetentumliteracy campaignn → lotta contro l'analfabetismosupported byLaubach Literacy. In other news from Laubach Literacy, it was announced in June thatthe UPS Foundation, the charitable arm of the United Parcel Service United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE:UPS), commonly referred to as UPS, is the world's largest package delivery company, delivering more than 15 million packages[1] a day to 6.1 million customers in over 200 countries and territories around the world. ,awarded a $108,650 grant to Laubach Literacy Action for family literacyservices in community-based adult volunteer literacy organizations.