Sunderland Literacy Aid

sunderland literacy aid is a 2018 founded social enterprise established for charitable purposes. there is no paid staff. sla’s objective is focused on increasing the area’s literacy rate by giving locals the possibility to fall in love with books/reading and hopefully step up their literacy level. the power and value of being literate in a literate society is played out every day around the world. many individuals, and even whole societies, make considerable sacrifices to become literate just as others take it for granted. societies that do not practice literate behavior are often squalid, undernourished in mind and body, repressive of human rights and dignity, brutal and harsh. sla is doing it for the love of literacy because literacy lifts individuals out of poverty, improves the development of the wider community, reduces infant mortality rates, empowers women and girls and positively impacts economic growth beyond the local community, among other things. in sunderland, many dis