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The work to lift young people out of poverty through the power of literacy.

1 OUT OF 5 PEOPLE IN THE WORLD CANNOT READ OR WRITE

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OUR PROJECTS

AFRICA

We have designed and developed an App with digital content and e-books which is preloaded in a solar-powered Tablet in English and the local language.

AUSTRALIA

We run the Indigenous Literacy Project, in partnership with five Indigenous communities in North Australia. Another important project is Reading Out of Poverty - ROOP.

SOUTH AMERICA

We are focused on children who have low-level literacy skills, and whom can’t afford to attend school. Every week we run two classes for 60 children.

UK

World Literacy Foundation runs local programs in the UK, such as parent mentoring and tutoring services and distributing children’s books

USA

We are partnering with local schools and communities in the Mid-Western region to provide children’s books, tutoring and literacy support.

GLOBAL PROJECTS

We run global projects to empower literacy in the World, such as Youth Ambassadors, World Literacy Summit, and more.

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TOGETHER WE ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE

100% of online donations will go directly to fund our projects.

WHY WE DO IT

We believe in literacy as the foundation of lifelong learning and education, people that cannot read or write experience difficulties in developing simple every day task such as read the label of a medicine bottle, fill in a job application or understand a traffic sign, so when we help someone to acquire literacy skills, we empowering them to afford better opportunities in life and breaking the poverty cycle.

SOCIAL IMPACT

People completely or functional illiterate face the prospect of poor health outcomes, welfare dependency, gender inequality and a lack of social cohesion.

Studies have shown the mother´s literacy level is closely related to child health and survival.

Girls are still more likely than boys to never attend to school, and their incomes are 60-75% of men’s salaries.

Literacy significantly enhances a person’s ability to access, understand and apply information about health to make accurate decisions.

Literacy promotes gender equality as a fundamental condition for the full enjoyment of human rights, provide better skills for work and socio-economic participation by women and men.

ECONOMIC IMPACT

Illiteracy costs the global economy $1.5 trillion annually. Literacy is the foundation of community and economic development.

192 million people are unemployed worldwide, many unable to find a decent livelihood due to a lack of literacy and numeracy skills.

85% of all teenagers who are involved in criminal activities are functionally illiterate, high crime rates have a direct relation to low literacy skills.

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Volunteer for Literacy!

The World Literacy Foundation is a platform that focuses on ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to strive and succeed through literacy. Volunteering is one of the many ways to help address illiteracy, and many programs are available to provide the tools for change.

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Undiagnosed Learning Disabilities and Low Literacy Rates in the U.S.

Learning to read is something most people in the U.S. don’t remember well. While many people take for granted their ability to skim through a magazine in the checkout line, others struggle to put their thoughts to paper or to interpret articles, books, and other media. For adults and young people living with a Specified Learning Disability (SLD), literacy is a challenge that doesn’t begin and end in the classroom.

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Literacy = Freedom

Why does literacy matter? It’s a terribly simple question but the answer is not obvious to everyone. Literacy provides people with the freedom to find employment, positively engage in society and intellectually free themselves from the shackles of illiteracy.

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