More than 775 million people over the age of 15 are illiterate.  That's 17% of the world's adult population.  Rotary's goal is to strengthen the capacity of communities to support basic education and literacy, reduce gender disparity in education, and increase adult literacy.  

To learn more how Rotary, and your club, can help take action to empower educators to inspire learning at all ages, visit https://www.rotary.org/en/our-causes/supporting-education.