Expansion of Kusoma to More Than 50 Schools

Lessons By Dr. Robert Zenhaursern, Enabling Support Foundation CEO and Founder.

If you have taught a baby the meaning of your words, you know how easy it is and how quickly they learn.  Speech comes a little late, but soon children are conversing and learning on their own. 

It seems a bit strange that it takes 5 years before the child understands the written word.  The spoken word is fleeting, but the written word is there indefinitely.   

The reason for the delay is the way reading is taught, starting with the letters of the alphabet and their sounds.  The goal is to have the child pronounce the word.  The successful child will be able to say the word and look it up in the dictionary.  The unsuccessful child will be labeled “dyslexic”

Kusoma is a different approach to reading that was born in Uganda in May 2017 and now has over 50 schools and over 10,000 students in the two East African Countries.  It teaches reading by the word, in the same way as listening.  Show and say the word.  By the end of 2018 we knew children could start Primary 1 already with the essential skills of reading and writing.  

Before COVID-19 affected the world run-ins and operations in every sector, we were set for a full-scale implementation. The virus may have closed the schools, but this very dark cloud had a bright golden lining.  We developed an efficient guidance to show parents how to teach their children how to read and pronounce words.   

During the first month of the program, we were able to reach over 900 children and we will continue with the expansion of the program until schools re-open.  And maybe beyond. 

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