More than fifty years ago, the United Nations declared that literacy is a basic human right. It’s very important for improving the lives of individuals, however, (1)_____________________________, that is, they are unable to read or write. A majority of them are women. (2)_______________________________. Many others complete school of fail to finish their studies without learning to read or write.
Many countries depend on the efforts of people (3)_________________________. For example, John Mogger became concerned about the problem of illiteracy three years ago, so he started teaching five prisoners in Brazil. In his teaching, he developed a system with these prisoners.
it is etimated that 818 million adults around the world are illiterate
more than 110 million school age children in the world do not attend school
who offer their time to help illiterate individuals