3. According to the Unesco (United Nationals
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation),
it was reported that one in five adults is not
literate today and two-thirds of them are women.
There are a total of 796 million adults who lack minimum
literacy skills and 67.4 million children in the world are
out of school.
4. Poor Social Development - Literacy is a
tool of personal empowerment. It is a
means for social development as well.
Low Life Expectancy - UNESCO has
found a correlation between illiteracy
and poverty, low life expectancy, and
political oppression.
5. International Literacy Day - September 8 was
proclaimed International Literacy Day by
UNESCO on November 17, 1965. It was first
celebrated in 1966. Its aim is to highlight the
importance of literacy to individuals,
communities and societies. On International
Literacy Day each year, UNESCO reminds the
international community of the status of
literacy and adult learning globally.
6. Room to Read - John Wood, Founder of Room to
Read, started as an overworked Microsoft executive
escaping to Nepal for a backpacking getaway. While
hiking in the Himalayas, John met a Nepalese
"Education Resource Officer" who invited him to
visit a school in a neighbouring village where he
was confronted with the inadequacy of schools in
rural areas of the developing world, a factor that
contributes to continuing poverty and inhibits
economic development.
7. Stones into Schools - Over the past 16 years, Greg
Mortenson, through his non-profit Central Asia
Institute (CAI), has worked to promote peace
through education by establishing more than 130
schools, in remote regions of Pakistan and
Afghanistan.
BB Learning Centre (Cambodia) - In 2003, The Boys' Brigade
began its long-term project to establish the BB Learning
Centre, located in Prayut Village, Puok Commune, Puok
District, Siem Reap Province Cambodia. The Boys' Brigade
has since began the construction of the Learning Centre,
equipped with classrooms, a library, basic sanitation and
accommodation facilities and generator to supply the Centre
with electricity.
8. 1) Invest In education
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