Global Literacy

BB- Citizenship Stage 2

SGT Matthias WeeSGT Teo Hsin YeongSGT Kok Chin Yi

Literacy Background Information

Literacy is a fundamental human right and the foundation for lifelong learning.

It is fully essential to social and human development in its ability to transform lives.

It is an instrument of empowerment to improve one’s health, one’s income, and one’s relationship with the world.

17%Of the World’s adult Population is illiterate,

With ⅔ of them being women.

Tackling the problem

There are many social entrepreneurs that help them by providing education to the needy- especially the children- to promote literacy in the community

(Non) Profit organisations aiding world literacy

●UNESCO- international foundation to tackle many global issues such as literacy and poverty

●LitWorld - supports literacy practices on global scale

●Reach out and read- advocates for childhood Literacy.

UNESCOUNESCO stands for United Nations- Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation.

What do they do to tackle illiteracy?

➔ For over 65 years UNESCO has worked to ensure that literacy remains a priority on national and international agendas.

➔ Through its formal and non-formal literacy programmes worldwide, the Organization works to realize the vision of a literate world for all.

➔ UNESCO creates an Education for All Package for Palestine.

The programme trained teachers on how to plan and present their lessons in a dynamic manner with their students actively involved in their learning through information gathering, activities, communication, critical thinking, problem solving and planning.

LitWorld➔ Founded by Pam Allyn (literacy educator and author). She

experienced the immense desire of children to learn to read in Kibera. With a group of friends, She started the LitWorld organisation in 2007

➔ Started 2 programmes in 2010, LitClubs and World Read Aloud Day. LitClubs is a programme spread to 15 countries in 5 continents. It encourages children to share their literacy stories with others eg. someone who was too afraid to speak up in class now freely gives her opinions. World Read Aloud Day rallies 18 million people online and over 1 million people from 100 countries through community events, motivating people of all ages to celebrate the power of words and create a community that takes action for literacy rights.

➔ LitWorld encourages all to share their stories, as they believe that these stories are the solutions for creating social change and aim to do so both locally and globally.

Our Mission: Strengthening kids and communities through the power of their own stories. Together, authoring a bold new world of equity and opportunity.

Reach Out and Read (ROR)Reach out and read or ROR was founded in 1989 at Boston City Hospital, Massachusetts.

Things that they've done for literacy:The Leyendo Juntos initiative- this initiative focuses on the Spanish speaking families and providing them with literacy materials and bilingual books for these children and their families. The program too, is to promote the idea of reading at home.

The Military Initiative- the target audience for this program are military families with young children by helping parents understand their child better as these parents have to be separated due to them being in the military.

The Mission

To give young children a foundation for success by incorporating books into pediatric care and encouraging families to read aloud together.

ReflectionChin Yi- After this research on Literacy, I realized that many people around the world are poor so they are not able to be literate. Thus, I find that donations to the organizations are essential for the promotion of literacy

Matthias- After having completed this project, it has come to my attention how much I take my opportunities to study and I've come to appreciate the ability to comprehend the English language and be able to so confidently communicate with it. The realisation that people on this earth that are deprived of such necessities is depressing but the fact that active steps have been taken to help them as fellow humans has inspired me to take my life more seriously and realise that if I won't study for myself, I'll study for them.

Hsin Yeong- After this project, i realise that many non-profit organisations usually start with a small group of people or sometimes even 1 person. It just goes to show that with a heart for change, we can make a difference, no matter how big or small because we will at least make someone happy

Thank You