Illiteracy: a worldwide issue

Hello Readers!

                         This is Rida Rizwan from Pakistan. I am in States right now as apart of YES 11. Placed in De Pere, Wisconsin, I am grateful that I applied for this program at the first place.     

            
         The issue that I will be addressing is Illiteracy. Illiteracy is basically one’s inability to read or write. In today’s progressing world, survival of an illiterate man is very difficult.

     Illiteracy, being a social issue itself badly affects the economy and politics of a country. The rise in population leads to unemployment problems. People then, do not have enough money to send their children to school, even if they want to and poverty takes birth. People are not able to send their children to school even if they want to. As a result of untrained people, economy collapses and everything falls apart. People who are illiterate do not tend to investigate which causes incompetent politicians coming in the government. And so political issues arise. This is what usually happens if illiteracy exists. The fact that illiteracy can be the cause of many other issues/problems always impresses me and I think that is why I chose this as the issue to focus upon. 

        Sadly today, Illiteracy is shadowing many countries including Pakistan. Although there are several non-profit organizations that are putting their efforts in educating children bit illiteracy still excises. In order to eradicate it, more hands are needed and i would love to volunteer for this good deed when I go back home. 

          For this, social media will play a great role. It can be used as a tool to spread awareness among people about the poor, unmaintained schools that surround them. Also it can be used to gather people for fundraisers, book drives and all sorts of possible ways to help the school so more children could attend schools. It would help me to initiate campaigns in my neighborhood in order to help and support the education system.

My slogan is LEARN TO SERVE.

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