Literacy is a fundamental human right that promotes lifelong learning, social development, and empowerment by improving health, income, and relationships. However, 17% of the world's adult population, two-thirds of whom are women, remain illiterate. Several organizations work to address this issue through education programs. UNESCO promotes literacy globally and creates literacy programs. LitWorld strengthens communities through sharing stories and encouraging reading. Reach Out and Read focuses on early childhood literacy and supports families through pediatric care.

1. Global Literacy
BB- Citizenship Stage 2
SGT Matthias Wee
SGT Teo Hsin Yeong
SGT Kok Chin Yi

2. Literacy Background Information
Literacy is a fundamental human right and the foundation for lifelong
learning.
It is fully essential to social and human development in its ability to
transform lives.
It is an instrument of empowerment to improve one’s health, one’s income,
and one’s relationship with the world.

3. 17%Of the World’s adult Population is illiterate,
With ⅔ of them being women.

4. Tackling the problem
There are many social
entrepreneurs that help them by
providing education to the
needy- especially the children- to
promote literacy in the
community

5. (Non) Profit organisations aiding world literacy
● UNESCO- international foundation to tackle many global issues such as
literacy and poverty
● LitWorld - supports literacy practices on global scale
● Reach out and read- advocates for childhood Literacy.

6. UNESCO
UNESCO stands for United Nations- Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation.
What do they do to tackle illiteracy?
➔ For over 65 years UNESCO has worked to ensure that literacy remains a priority on national and international
agendas.
➔ Through its formal and non-formal literacy programmes worldwide, the Organization works to realize the
vision of a literate world for all.
➔ UNESCO creates an Education for All Package for Palestine.
The programme trained teachers on how to plan
and present their lessons in a dynamic manner with their students
actively involved in their learning through information gathering,
activities, communication, critical thinking, problem solving and
planning.

7. LitWorld
➔ Founded by Pam Allyn (literacy educator and author). She experienced
the immense desire of children to learn to read in Kibera. With a group
of friends, She started the LitWorld organisation in 2007
➔ Started 2 programmes in 2010, LitClubs and World Read Aloud Day.
LitClubs is a programme spread to 15 countries in 5 continents. It
encourages children to share their literacy stories with others eg.
someone who was too afraid to speak up in class now freely gives her
opinions. World Read Aloud Day rallies 18 million people online and
over 1 million people from 100 countries through community events,
motivating people of all ages to celebrate the power of words and
create a community that takes action for literacy rights.
➔ LitWorld encourages all to share their stories, as they believe that these
stories are the solutions for creating social change and aim to do so
both locally and globally.
Our Mission: Strengthening kids
and communities through the
power of their own stories.
Together, authoring a bold new
world of equity and opportunity.

8. Reach Out and Read (ROR)
Reach out and read or ROR was founded in 1989 at Boston City Hospital, Massachusetts.
Things that they've done for literacy:
The Leyendo Juntos initiative- this initiative focuses on the Spanish speaking families and providing them with
literacy materials and bilingual books for these children and their families. The program too, is to promote the idea
of reading at home.
The Military Initiative- the target audience for this program are military families with young children by helping
parents understand their child better as these parents have to be separated due to them being in the military.
The Mission
To give young children a foundation for success by incorporating books into pediatric care and encouraging families to
read aloud together.

9. Reflection
Chin Yi- After this research on Literacy, I realized that many people around the world are poor so
they are not able to be literate. Thus, I find that donations to the organizations are essential for the
promotion of literacy
Matthias- After having completed this project, it has come to my attention how much I take my
opportunities to study and I've come to appreciate the ability to comprehend the English language
and be able to so confidently communicate with it. The realisation that people on this earth that are
deprived of such necessities is depressing but the fact that active steps have been taken to help
them as fellow humans has inspired me to take my life more seriously and realise that if I won't
study for myself, I'll study for them.
Hsin Yeong- After this project, i realise that many non-profit organisations usually start with a
small group of people or sometimes even 1 person. It just goes to show that with a heart for change,
we can make a difference, no matter how big or small because we will at least make someone happy

10. Thank You