Literacy Around the World

Literacy Around the World

Mali is the eigth biggest country in Africa. The population of Mali is 14.5 million. It's smaller compared to Nepal and Peru, but it is also involved in the Student Literacy Challenge. The primary school participation rate for males is 71.6% and 62.6% in females. This is lower than Peru and Nepal. And unfortunatley, the literacy rate is also low with a 56% for males and 38.8% for females.

What is the Student Lteracy Challenge? About 250 million children worldwide can't read or write. Students Rebuild, Save the Children, and the Global Nomads Group have coopertated together to make the Studnet Literacy Challenge. This is where our part comes in. For every bookmark we make and mail in, the Bezos family Foundation will donate $1. They are trying to raise up to $300,000 to send to The Save the Cildren Literacy Program in Latin America, Africa and Asia.

Mali

Peru

Nepal is located in South Asia. The population in Nepal is around 26 million people which is greater than Mali. The average percentage of primary education participation in students is around 95.2% Although the primary education paticipation is high, the literacy rate is low.89.2% for males and 77.5% for females.

Nepal

Peru is one of the countries that is involved in the Student Literacy Challenege. It is a country in South America. As of 2013, Peru's population has been 30.38 million. There is 92.6% participation of male participation in primry education and 91.4% in females. However, the literacy rate is only at 88%.

For more information, visit the links below:http://www.bezosfamilyfoundation.org/students-rebuildhttps://ruralibrarian.wordpress.com/2015/02/17/students-rebuild-literacy-challenge/http://www.steamboattoday.com/news/2015/feb/05/steamboat-students-make-bookmarks-raise-money-worl/

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Music Around the WorldPeru: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9HXQ2_41GYNepal:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKXhSGaudtkMali:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSYh3oOiyaE