Dear friends,
We at Magical Books wish you a Happy International Literacy Day. This year's theme is Literacy and Sustainable Societies.
September 8th was declared International Literacy Day by UNESCO in November 17, 1965. By November 2015, it would be the 50th year International Literacy Day was proclaimed in order to highlight the importance of literacy to individuals, communities and societies. However, the growing number of illiterates and alliterates in Nigeria is mind-boggling. As at 2013, the then Minister of State for Education, Chief Nyesom Wike said Nigerian adult illiterates were 35 million and over 10.5 million children were out of school.
At Magical Books, we value literacy because we know that it is a powerful tool that can help people make informed choices about issues that are important to them. Literate individuals have the power to change social vices in our country like poverty, injustice, corruption, discrimination and violence.
How are we celebrating literacy today and how can you participate?
We want everyone to know how much people value literacy. We want to draw the attention of major stakeholders into doing something about the increase in the number of illiterates in Nigeria and around the world. We also want to create an awareness that societies can only be sustainable through literacy.
Kindly share a picture of yourself reading or reading to friends and family via our face book page https://www.facebook.com/magicalbooksinitiative?fref=ts
Please use the hashtags #ILD #LiteracyDay #toanilliteratefreenation #MagicalBooksnetwork. Let your friends and family know about this picture and like it.
The person who is able to attract the highest number of likes by the end of today (12 midnight Nigerian time), gets a special book from Magical Books. If there is a tie, we will raffle the numbers.
Join the game now!
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