Apart from reading and writing, literacy has a complete different meaning. It enhances ones lifestyle and let people acknowledge a world where they can survive with respect and enthusiasm.
On the occasion of International Day of Literacy which is celebrated on 8th September every year, we have brought to you a list of foundations supporting literacy worldwide.
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World Literacy Foundation: Each Child Receives a Quality Education
The World Literacy Foundation was founded on several basic principles – education is a basic human right, too many people around the world don’t know how to read or write, and that literacy is the foundation to learning. Since its establishment as a not-for-profit in 2003, the World Literacy Foundation has steadily grown to align with the needs of a continually evolving educational sector.
The foundation visions a world in which every child, regardless of race, gender, or background receives free access to quality education. Its mission is to lift children and youth out of poverty by delivering effective and sustainable programs aimed at eradicating illiteracy.
Foundation’s Objectives
- To increase global literacy standards for the most marginalized men and women, boy and girls.
- To promote the benefits of literacy and inspire a love of reading.
- To introduce culturally relevant, cost-effective and innovative solutions to defeating wide-scale illiteracy.
Past Programmes
- WLF helped create an online portal of reading resources for the Australian Indigenous Community.
- “Reading out of Poverty,” an Australian initiative, was established to focus on early childhood learning. The program targeted the most margalizned and disadvantaged families throughout Australia.
- efforts to Latin America with the establishment of a network of literacy organization.
- Served as a key voice on the UNESCO high-level round table committee for Literacy.
- Established an early reading program in central Colombia to encourage young children to read and develop a passion for lifelong learning.
For more information, please visit World Literacy Foundation.
