The Jolly Phonics reading program has been used in a rural village school in Papua New Guinea. The teacher was a graduate from early childhood program at the university of Goroka. The result was unbelievable, the children can read books without difficulty. They transited to primary school without difficulty.
I was trained in the use of the Jolly Phonics programme and experienced remarkable results with remedial readers. It utilizes a unique blend of phonemic awareness, phonics, writing , use of stories and actions that work with young children.