Book, Letters To Guinea-Bissau: Records of an Experience In proce[LS]

Language: Brazilian Portuguese. "Letters to Guinea-Bissau is the record of Paulo Freire's work in building a model for adult literacy in that country. Written and compiled in 1976 and 1977, it is a moving book that overflows with the true meaning of help, that in which everyone assists each other, growing together in the common effort to know the reality they seek to transform.. In 1963, in Angicos, in the interior of Rio Grande do Norte, three hundred rural workers were taught to read and write in just 40 hours, using the method proposed by Paulo Freire. This was the result of the pilot project of what would become the National Literacy Program of the government of João Goulart, the president who would later be deposed in March 1964.. In October of that same year, Freire left Brazil to protect his own life.. He only visited the country again in 1979, with the democratic opening.. Throughout his career, Paulo Freire has received more than one hundred honorary doctorates from various national and international universities, as well as numerous awards, such as Education for Peace from UNESCO and the Order of Cultural Merit from the Brazilian government.. Member of the International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame and the Reading Hall of Fame. “There is something that seems important to me to emphasize. The margin of freedom that students have in their participation in the work. A group, for example, that is seriously dedicated to cultivating flowers at the Simão Mendes Hospital, thinks about the message of life that a rose can bring daily to the sick. They love the roses they plant as much as the land they prepare for the sowing of fruit trees. Your love of life has to do with the revolutionary reconstruction effort of your society.”