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If you can read this, consider yourself fortunate. 1 out of every five adults in the world is illiterate.
Literacy opens up a world of opportunities that over 796 million people, 2/3 of them female, are currently denied.
Think about all of the things we take for granted each day that rely upon our literacy. Without the ability to read, most of us wouldn't have jobs. We wouldn't be able to vote. We probably wouldn't know very much about our legal rights. We couldn't read street signs or menus, check sports scores, or enjoy 2/3 of all posts on NikeTalk.
Literacy is more than a mere convenience. It helps us survive.
In Africa, a girl who receives an education is three times less likely to contract HIV. Children born to a literate mother are 50% more likely to live beyond the age of five.
In the past, NikeTalk has helped contribute to literacy through donations to Access Books, Free the Children, and, most recently, Room to Read. (Last spring, our sponsored Room to Read library opened to eager students in Vhingri, Nepal.)
Today, on International Literacy Day, you have the opportunity to help contribute to Room to Read simply by using the #RTforLiteracy hashtag.
Each time you tweet or retweet a message like this:
Hwat wdulo hte lrodw kolo lkei fi ouy ocldu otn erda? Noigmeths kile stih. #RTforLiteracy (Each RT=$1 to @RoomtoRead)http://bit.ly/ILD2011
Room to Read will receive a $1 donation from one of its corporate sponsors to support literacy programs in Africa and Asia.
It's a very quick, easy way for all of us to help share the gift of literacy with children around the world.
If you're feeling lazy, just follow our official staff account, @NikeTalk1999, and retweet our #RTforLiteracy message. It's that simple.
Literacy opens up a world of opportunities that over 796 million people, 2/3 of them female, are currently denied.
Think about all of the things we take for granted each day that rely upon our literacy. Without the ability to read, most of us wouldn't have jobs. We wouldn't be able to vote. We probably wouldn't know very much about our legal rights. We couldn't read street signs or menus, check sports scores, or enjoy 2/3 of all posts on NikeTalk.
Literacy is more than a mere convenience. It helps us survive.
In Africa, a girl who receives an education is three times less likely to contract HIV. Children born to a literate mother are 50% more likely to live beyond the age of five.
In the past, NikeTalk has helped contribute to literacy through donations to Access Books, Free the Children, and, most recently, Room to Read. (Last spring, our sponsored Room to Read library opened to eager students in Vhingri, Nepal.)
Today, on International Literacy Day, you have the opportunity to help contribute to Room to Read simply by using the #RTforLiteracy hashtag.
Each time you tweet or retweet a message like this:
Hwat wdulo hte lrodw kolo lkei fi ouy ocldu otn erda? Noigmeths kile stih. #RTforLiteracy (Each RT=$1 to @RoomtoRead)http://bit.ly/ILD2011
Room to Read will receive a $1 donation from one of its corporate sponsors to support literacy programs in Africa and Asia.
It's a very quick, easy way for all of us to help share the gift of literacy with children around the world.
If you're feeling lazy, just follow our official staff account, @NikeTalk1999, and retweet our #RTforLiteracy message. It's that simple.