Illiteracy

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March 15, 2023
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INTRODUCTION

Illiteracy in Africa continues to be one of the most significant and widespread problems on the continent. Millions of people in fact have no reading writing skills. This severely limits their chances of finding satisfactory employment. It also implies not being able to participate regularly in social life. People who lack education cannot live a full life. The degree of education and schooling is an important index for assessing the living conditions of a people; in fact, an illiterate person will have less chance of improving his or her standard of living. Although schooling in Africa has increased in recent years from 20 percent of secularized children to 40 percent, the level still remains low. In the poorest countries, many are the children who do not attend or drop out of school because they are forced to work to help their families. It should also be pointed out that the percentages increase if we talk about women: 70 percent of illiterate people in the global South are precisely women. Education raises productivity and innovation, important elements for economic prosperity.

NUMBERS

One in 3 adults in sub-Saharan Africa cannot read. 48 million young people ( between the ages of 16 and 24), are completely illiterate, and nearly 1 in 4 school-age children do not attend any kind of school and consequently receive no education.Literacy rates in the various states reach incredibly low levels of particular concern.The 13 countries with the lowest literacy rates are all in Africa, among them, the worst are Niger (37%), Mali (39%), Burkina Faso (39%) and Ethiopia (45%). Illiteracy in Africa thus remains a widespread and often majority problem in the population. It also shows how the education system on the continent does not involve all boys and girls at all, as it should. Going to school and receiving a basic education thus remains a privilege for the few. In sub-Saharan Africa, 22 percent of primary school-age children do not access primary education, which translates into more than 30 million children not going to school. The highest dropout rates are in Eritrea and Liberia, where 66% and 59% of children are not attending elementary school, respectively.

CAUSES

The main causes of such alarming data are many. On the one hand, one of the main causes, if not the main cause is certainly the severe poverty affecting the continent and its inhabitants. Millions of families cannot afford to send their children to school. Because of poverty they are forced to make them work often in dangerous and exhausting conditions. The common scenario we witness is this: children who instead of going to school go to work to contribute to the budget. One example is Nairobi. Indeed, in the slums of Nairobi, extreme poverty drives tens of millions of children away from classrooms each year, preventing them from acquiring even basic politicization. A second reason is the poor organization of educational systems in various African countries. Even if there is compulsory education very often the schools do not have roots on the ground. Moreover, they are often too few and too expensive. In doing so they leave out a great many children who cannot pay the school fees

CONSEQUENCES

Poverty and education are closely linked. Those who can neither read nor write have little chance of getting a job and earning enough to have a decent life. Those who do not earn enough do not even have the money to allow their children to study. It is like a circle that is difficult to break. There are three major diseases that affect Africa: AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. Prevention begins in school desks. That is, if there are school desks for boys and girls. The causes of violence against women and gender discrimination are many, ranging from extreme poverty to having experienced violence as children. One of the causes is low levels of education. Not being able to read or write means not being able to interact with any written text, not being able to use a smartphone. It also means not being able to understand a contract, read a newspaper, not understanding most traffic signs or a medicine bugiardine. People could completely cut off from the social life of the country in which you live. Children could not being able to do any minimally specialized work that goes beyond mere labor. Therefore, associations and nonprofits such as ours become

SAVE COMMUNITY CARE FOUNDATION

We are in Uganda work indeed directly with rural poor, marginalized and disadvantaged vulnerable children. We take care also with disabled persons, aged women and young children in communities. Save Community Care Foundation has cut its niche in addressing the physical, social, and psychological needs of orphans and vulnerable children in Kaliro District. Our mission is to foster, establish and enrich an unveiled treasure that will create a brighter future for vulnerable and disadvantaged young children and youth in our rural poor communities. The save Community Care Foundation project is set up to solicit funds to address and encourage every vulnerable and disadvantaged child and youth to remain in school. It is indisputable that all children, irrespective of background, should have the right to an education. As an organization, we are committed and been working tirelessly to serve our poor rural communities through careers in teaching or nursing. Still, we lack the necessary financial resources to pursue our dreams. How to help in an active way?

SPONSOR A CHILD

One solution is sponsor a child. Allowing children in the slums to go to school means giving them the chance to become full citizens. They can be part of their country’s progress. In North Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa we come up against difficult situations every day. The possibility for children to live a peaceful and protected childhood is put at risk. With Distance Adoption you can offer concrete help. You will guarantee them nutritious food, clean water, medical care and a quality education. They can grow up healthy and have a chance to build a better future for themselves. With a donation of 25 euros per month you can help implement projects to sustainably. You can improve the living conditions of the child to support and give them a great future. You will support children who need to start school so that they do not fall behind their peers. We will jointly ensure training courses for girls and boys. They can develop their vocational skills and open up of future job possibilities.

Topics: Adoption, Charity, Childcare, Donation, Education, Illiteracy, Poverty, School, Sponsor

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