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The Aawde is the
literacy and economic empowerment component of the Tostan CEP. Aawde is a Fulani word meaning "to plant the seed." Modules in the Aawde focus on the following themes:
 Preliteracy, Literacy, Writing: Participants acquire literacy skills for reading and writing in their own language. They receive books and practice writing various types of texts: correspondence, project proposals, reports, autobiographies, stories, poems, and songs.
Math for Management: Participants learn how to write numbers and perform basic mathematical operations. Each participant receives a calculator and learns how to use it.
Project Management: Participants learn how to conduct a feasibility study as well as how to implement and monitor small projects. Depending on needs and resources, some communities are given microcredit training and modest loans to launch small business ventures, while others are taught how to build and maintain latrines and
 adapted wood stoves, or how to establish and manage health stations.
Workbook Review: Three interactive
Knowledge to Action workbooks reinforce learning. These workbooks cover the following themes: democracy and human rights, health and hygiene, and small-project implementation and management.
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