Literacy

• Celebrate Literacy Month in July and promote International Literacy Day on 8 September
• Develop literacy training for adults, especially for women
• Develop literacy training for children, encompassing those with special needs, street children, and working with local education authorities as appropriate
• Work with refugee and immigrant populations to assist with acquisition of literacy skills and second language learning
• Organize and participate in mentoring programs that focus on vocational training, life skills, reading and writing
• Serve as a resources to community schools and provide assistance when necessary (donate materials or management consulting).
• Provide educational opportunities in low economic areas (adopt a school, adopt an orphanage, street children, AIDS orphans)
• Assist in the establishment of libraries for children in schools and communities (i.e. mobile libraries, donations-in-kind, Book Aid International)
• Provide literacy and vocational training to prison inmates as part of the rehabilitation process
• Work with other relevant organizations on projects of joint interest