7. More than 793 million
adults around the
world cannot read.
8.
9. Females account for 2 of 3
illiterate adults, making
gender equality even
harder to achieve.
10.
11. In countries with literacy
below 40%, per capital
income is estimated at
$600 per year.
12.
13. Illiteracy costs the global economy more than $1 trillion a year
through lost job opportunities and the costs of
unemployment and ill health…
… costs China $136 billion per year.
… costs United States $300 billion per year.
… costs Sudan $486 million per year.
… costs Bandgladesh $1.4 billion per year.
35. Kingsley Holgate, African Adventures
Funded by Rotary Foundation
• African Explorer, Kingsley
Holgate
• Partnership with 16 US &
African Rotary Clubs.
• Distributed ‘mobile libraries’
of 19 containers with 950,000
books around Rim of African
Countries.
• Containers converted into
classrooms, medical clinics,
libraries.
36. Job Skills for
the unskilled.
Providing opportunities to
address India’s educational
quality.
37. EduBridge
India, Funded by the Acumen Fund
• Over 180 million unskilled
students in India.
• India faces critical shortages in
skilled labor, despite 2 million
monthly job seekers.
• For 90 USD, students enter
placement program catering to
students with diplomas.
• Program guarantees job
placement.
• Students will typically be first
formally employees in family
and earn salaries up to 110 USD
per month.
40. Imagination Library
Dolly Parton Foundation
• Rotary Club sponsorship has
brought the program to over 300
communities.
• Each month, Imagination
Library mails an age-
appropriate book to the children
in the program.
• 85% of families in program read
to their children every day.
• There are over 700,000 children
enrolled in the ‘Imagination
Library’ today.
42. USA Learns
U.S. Department of Education
• Promotes programs helping
adults get basic skills they need.
• Major areas are Basic
Education, Secondary Education
and ESL skills.
• Provides stories and challenges
for participants to work through
to build skills.
• Some topics include from Going
Places, Money, Housing, Health
and Working.
45. Reading by Nine
Rotary Long Beach
• Since 1999, Long Beach Rotary
has provided over 150,000 books
to local students and 62 school
elementary school libraries.
• Over 275,000 has been
contributed by Long Beach
Rotary to the Reading by Nine
Program.
• Volunteers regularly visit local
Long Beach schools to read
books to children that were
provided by the donations cited.
47. Toyota Family Literacy Program,
Long Beach, CA
• Enables adults with children 1 to 8 to
enroll in education alongside their
children.
• A variety of programs provide
opportunities for dedicated, interactive
and vocational adult education.
• Adults in program: 73% of participants
are at or below the poverty level, 61%
have not passed 9th grade.
• Children in program: 91% improvement
in grades, in comparison with
classmates
• 90% program retention rate (compared
to 50% drop-out rate nationally).
• Noted as flagship model for Adult
Literacy Program.
Basic Reading & Writing SkillsInformation Literacy: Ability to know when there is a need for information, to be able to identify, locate, evaluate, and effectively use that information for the issue or problem at hand.Numeracy Literacy: Numeracy skills consist of comprehending fundamental mathematics like addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.Computer Literacy: Ability to use technology efficiently, with a range of skills covering levels from elementary use to programming and advanced problem solving.Two Primary:Basic: Ability to Read & WriteFunctional: Ability to operate day-to-day tasks
Level 1 Literacy: Locate expiration on driver’s license (CAN) / Locate an intersection on a street map (CANNOT) (20%)Level 2 Literacy: Determine price between two tickets (CAN) / Write a short letter explaining a billing error (CANNOT) (27%)Level 3 Literacy: Use a bus schedule to get to a destination by a specific time (CAN) / Explain the difference between two types of employee benefits (CANNOT)
Level 1 Literacy: Locate expiration on driver’s license (CAN) / Locate an intersection on a street map (CANNOT) (20%)Level 2 Literacy: Determine price between two tickets (CAN) / Write a short letter explaining a billing error (CANNOT) (27%)Level 3 Literacy: Use a bus schedule to get to a destination by a specific time (CAN) / Explain the difference between two types of employee benefits (CANNOT)
Our jobs have increased in technical requirements & our education system hasn’t caught up.We have 50 different types of education systems.
Funded by U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education, Division of Adult Education and Literacy
Funded by U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education, Division of Adult Education and Literacy
