I’ve been inspired by World Literacy Day and the Education Team’s September focus on literacy. One of the books I’ve read this month is The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson. In her novel, Kim describes the difficult life and dire poverty of the Kentucky hollers...
By 2030, ensure that all youth and a substantial proportion of adults, both men and women, achieve literacy and numeracy
Literacy Source is a Seattle non-profit organization that provides free basic education to low-income adults in the Seattle, Washington area. The agency reports that 1 in 6 adults in Washington...
There are now “more adults without literacy than there were 50 years ago, meaning that our efforts have not kept pace with population growth.”1 In response, UNESCO has staked out an ambitious goal of eradicating adult illiteracy by 2030. The campaign, announced in its recent UNESCO Strategy for Youth and Adult Literacy 2020-2025,2 is to focus on...
To culminate our focus on literacy, the Education Team was proud to host author Juliet Cutler on World Literacy Day, September 8, to discuss Among the Maasai as part of the Global Issues Book Discussion Series. Juliet’s presentation was poignant yet direct, and it gave all participants a glimpse into the...
As part of FAWCO's Global Issues Book Discussion Series, the Education Team is excited to announce Among the Maasai, by Juliet Cutler, as our 4th Annual Global Summer Read! In looking for a book this year, we were hoping to find one that not only spoke to education, but one that might also tie to our new Target Project.
Across the globe, countries have responded to COVID-19 as best as they can to limit the spread of infection by closing all non-essential services, including schools at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels. While this was done to limit in-person meeting, the sudden shift to online learning has drastically cranked up the gears of the...
