Welcome to BALID, the British Association for Literacy in Development. We are a non-governmental organisation (NGO) promoting adult literacy and numeracy as a basic human right, in the context of development.

Promoting adult literacy in the developing world
Membership

International Women's Day statement from BALID here
New directions in literacy and development here

Literacy practice

Sharing African Experiences - Freetown, Sierra Leone 2010 Click here for full Conference Report

Events
Find out more about literacy practice, including reports and links to relevant organisations
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News

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BALID membership and download our membership form

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We bring together organisations and individuals
who believe that sharing experience about
learning and literacy can help enrich workers
and citizens in both the industrial and the developing world.