BBC – Sean Coughlan
“Model and actress Lily Cole is spearheading a campaign calling for a global drive to tackle illiteracy. Project Literacy, a coalition of campaign groups, says one in 10 people around the world is illiterate. Ms Cole, speaking in the Houses of Parliament, said too often the impact of the problem was overlooked because it lacked “raw emotional power”. But she said illiteracy was of fundamental importance to jobs, health and political engagement. Project Literacy is trying to raise the profile of the damage caused by illiteracy, which affects more than 750 million people around the world. But Ms Cole, addressing MPs and campaigners, said it could be an uphill struggle to get across the message – and that this could conceal the scale of its seriousness.”(more)