Literacy. Education. Seeds to Eradicate Poverty

• The STATS

• Globally, an estimated 781 million adults are illiterate. Of that number, approximately 64 percent are women. 
  - UNESCO Institute for Statistics

• In Sub-Saharan Africa, over 77 million adults and over 19 million children are illiterate.
  - UNESCO Institute for Statistics

• In Sub-Saharan Africa, children spend an average of only 7.9 years in primary and secondary schools combined, compared to North American children who spend 11.5 years.

- UNESCO Institute for Statistics

 

Why Literacy & Education

• There is no doubt that there is a strong corelation between illiteracy and poverty.

  According to UNESCO, illiteracy rates are highest in countries with the greatest poverty. Literacy must be treated as a basic human right. The same emphasis that is put on the deliverance of other human rights, should be applied to that of literacy and education. The 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights recognizes the right to education . Literacy is key to human development, especially in this ever changing world.

  What are the benefits of literacy?

  ~fundamental for making informed decisions, even as simple as knowing what product to purchase for your family's dinner

  ~empower yourself and your community to make a change in the social community

  ~participation in political movements to better a community's and country's socio-economic state

  ~access to educational resources will teach communities how to prevent disease and increase health benefits