According to UNESCO, about 774 million adults lack minimum literacy skills. One in five adults is still not literate and of these, two-thirds are women. About 75 million children are out-of-school and many more attend irregularly or drop out. However, literacy is also a cause for celebration on the day because there are nearly four billion literate people in the world.
How can you help raise the world literacy rate? Support literacy in your community through a cash donation or better still, by donating your time. Buy a few books for a "have not" school in your community, support UNESCO, The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and their partners who work at the international level.
Literacy is the opportunity for change. Literacy is an opportunity for a better future. Those of us who are literate take it for granted. It's easy to forget how lucky we are.
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