In 2018-19, we reached 20 million people with advocacy activities, literacy support and book distribution for disadvantaged children. Last February, we launched our initiative called Michigan Reads, an early intervention project aimed to lift children’s book ownership and increase the access to books to children from low-income backgrounds. We strive to empower readers to discover the joy of reading in their early years.

For more info, please visit www.michiganreads.org

In March 2018, we conducted the World Literacy Summit at Oxford University, bringing together literacy leaders from 85 countries representing over two-thirds of the world’s population, and all with a single focus – advocating, championing and educating on the vital importance of improving literacy levels across the globe. Also, in 2018-19 we provided new bilingual baby books to parents from a non-English speaking migrant to promote the habit of reading at home from birth.

For more info, please visit: www.worldliteracysummit.org

In 2018-19 we gave 1,050 literacy tutoring through our weekly reading classes in one of the most vulnerable neighborhoods in Manizales-Caldas. In May 2019, we registered ‘Aprende Leyendo’ officially as a Foundation in Colombia to support children in rural and remote areas of the country who are in a highly disadvantaged situation with limited or no access to books.

For more info, please visit: www.aprendeleyendo.com

2019 is the UN Year of Indigenous Languages but sadly Indigenous children have the highest levels of illiteracy. In 2018-2019, we launched in the Indigenous Literacy Project in 5 remote communities in Australia, this digital app aims to close the literacy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous children. The app gives them access to a local e-library and educational resources in English and their mother tongue.

For more info, please visit www.indigenous.app

In 2018-19, we reached 8,500 disadvantaged children from low-income, homes in Victoria-Australia, most of them migrants and refugees’ families. We distributed pop-up libraries, second-hand books, literacy packs, multilingual baby board books, and allocated volunteers in playgroups and kindergartens to read-aloud to children. Since May 2019, we are developing the initiative ‘Books from Birth’ which is only focused on Latrobe Valley and South Gippsland region.

For more info, please visit www.roop.org.au

In 2019, our global youth Ambassador program recruited 750 young leaders from over 70 countries around the world, this six-month program will provide them with strategies, ideas, and knowledge to be a local voice in their communities to advocate and create greater awareness for literacy as a human right.

In 2018-2019, we reach more than 350 million people around the world through coverage in the news, online petitions, blogs, social media, conferences, and publications. We strived to influence leaders and the wider community about the issue of literacy.