Eunice Kua

Eunice Kua is a first year Master’s student from Malaysia. Formerly an academic librarian, she later trained in literacy and language development and has been facilitating a local language literacy program among Darfur refugees for the past 8 years. Based in eastern Chad, she served as a focal point and provided support to community-based mother tongue literacy initiatives in five refugee camps and 14 primary schools, working with teachers, trainers, supervisors, editors, illustrators and local committees. Her major responsibilities included designing and delivering teacher training workshops, facilitating the development of local language literacy materials, and visiting classes to see how the techniques and materials were being used. She says: 

"I am really grateful to be able to come to CIE to fill some of the gaps that I identified in my skills and knowledge while working in literacy and education in Chad. It was a joy and privilege to be able to work with the refugees there, learning their culture and language and experiencing the remarkable hospitality, kindness and resilience they show. Through this Master’s program, I hope to become better equipped to help refugees reach their educational goals. I’ve found that the readings and classes at CIE really speak to issues I want to explore and questions I came with. I am excited to find ways to apply the resources, information and conversations that I experience here to our work in Chad and elsewhere."