Illiteracy is an epidemic in India
Global literacy experts believe 70% of Indians are functionally illiterate — that's twice the official government estimates.
- 200 million Indian women cannot read or write
- 35% of school-aged children are not enrolled in school
- Over 740 million people — ¾ of India's population — live in rural, impoverished villages
- 80% of Indians earn less than $2 a day
- 350 million earn less than $1 a day
Mission India’s Bible-based Adult Literacy Classes are bringing hope of a brighter future to India’s poor.
Local believers are eager to serve as volunteer teachers and introduce Adult Literacy Classes into their own communities. You can partner with them in giving life-changing reading and writing skills — and joy in Jesus — to India's illiterates.
For $30 you can give the gift of literacy
to someone in India.
