Imad Al-Burhan Centre for Eradication of Illiteracy was established on the 22th of August 2016 in Kut, city located 180 km south-east from Baghdad. The centre was built in order to provide education to adults living in the area of Kut who were not able to learn how to read and write while they were children.

Illiteracy is a big problem in developing countries, such as Iraq. In the previous decades education was not common within the Iraqi society. Difficult living conditions, including poverty, big distances from the school – all these factors prevented then-children from accessing education. Another saddening point was that many people did not believe that their sons and daughters should learn. Boys were usually required to work to support their families, and girls had to stay at home and fulfil their household chores. Luckily, today more and more children from less fortunate families can create their own path in education, but the lack of adult education centres excludes their parents and relatives from gaining their literacy skills.

Therefore, Al-Burhan Foundation founder – Mr Imad Burhan decided to open Imad Al-Burhan Centre for Eradication of Illiteracy which is aimed to teach those, who need the education the most. The Centre can accommodate 150 people and as for the academic year of 2017/2018 the school was completely full.

The Centre is attended both by women and men, however currently the majority of its students are females, which is also an indicator about which part of the Iraqi society lacks the basic education the most. Determined to make up for the time when they were deprived from schooling those mothers, fathers, grandmothers and grandfathers can learn now how to read and write and how to become completely independent from their relatives assistance in their every-day’s life. Thanks to the Imad Al-Burhan Centre for Eradication of Illiteracy they can now fill out on their own documents, read a newspaper or understand information boards in the city.

Al-Burhan Foundation is thankful to Mr Ibrahim Salim Tulab for his dedication in realising this project and for his support in laying out its foundations.

Imad Al-Burhan Centre for Eradication of Illiteracy is dedicated to Mr Imad Burhan’s - Al-Burhan Foundation’s founder – late mother. Furthermore, through this project, Al-Burhan Foundation is committed to give chance to every adult Iraqi, regardless of his or hers social background, equal chance to lead a respected life and to add his or hers input into the development and prosperity of Iraq.