LitWorld is a nonprofit organization committed to promoting literacy worldwide. In future posts I will tell you about their annual event, called World Read Aloud Day, which is scheduled for March 6. But first, read about this amazing organization and its work (http://litworld.org/).
In LitWorld's own words . . . .
Our Mission: LitWorld is a non-profit literacy organization fostering resilience, hope, and joy through the power of story.
Our programs and campaigns build self confidence, promote leadership,
and strengthen children and their communities. LitWorld's LitClub and
LitCamp programming cultivate a new generation of leaders, storytellers
and academic achievers, effecting change for themselves, their
community, and their world. Our campaigns mobilize children and adults
from around the world to advocate for literacy as a human right that
belongs to all people.
Literacy is the foundation for emotional and physical well-being,
intellectual growth, and economic security. The right to read and write
is a fundamental human right and belongs to all people.
Worldwide at least 793 million people remain illiterate. Two-thirds
of them are women. All over the world, children are hungry for learning
and for the power it brings. Research shows that children learn to read
and write best by writing and telling the stories of their own
experiences. Yet it is rare to find safe spaces where children feel
fully comfortable to do so.
LitWorld is changing that.
LitWorld stands on three core pillars: Advocacy, Education and Innovation.
These pillars together create a complete approach to how we can impact
outcomes for the world’s children and help them reach adulthood as
readers and writers.
What will LitWorld Accomplish?
By 2014: Help one million children learn to read.
By 2016: Equip ten thousand literacy leaders to effect change that will impact ten million children across the globe.
These are words changing worlds.
