What are you reading? Unite for global literacy

According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), an estimated 750 million adults lack basic reading and writing skills. Of the adults estimated to be illiterate, a known 496 million of these are women. 

This means, there are now more illiterate people in the world, than there are people in the European Union, which has an estimated 747 million inhabitants. There are also more illiterate women in the world, than there are people living in the USA. 

In Baghdad, the Iraqi Children Foundation run mobile schools called the Hope Buses. These deliver tutoring, healthcare and social support to orphans, street kids and displaced children living in disadvantaged neighbourhoods across Baghdad. 

As part of our commitment to education, our World Wide Education also invites you to broaden your knowledge. Through e-learning, you can develop your understanding of the Middle East, while exploring other subjects like history and heritage, the Holocaust and the US civil rights movement.