4: Quality Education

(Note: Sotoshu seems not to have posted an essay on goal 3: Good Health and Wellbeing.)
​With the aim of improving mutual understanding and the welfare of children around the world, November 20th was established by the United Nations in 1954 as World Children's Day.  Nine millions of children in the world, the future of the planet, are not able to attend elementary school, which is equivalent to one in 11 children of elementary school age.  Many of these children can speak the language but cannot read.  Not knowing books means that they do not have the opportunity to get an education.  Without an education, they cannot get a stable job and get out of the poverty.  In countries where there is a lack of schools and libraries, children will grow up without the opportunity to learn. 

Bringing picture books to children who can't read is one way to help.  Sotoshu is cooperating with the project of Shanti Volunteer Association, "Campaign to Deliver Picture Books" as one of the concrete measures to promote SGDs.  We should try to broaden our perspective, starting from the small things around us, and think of them as our own.  This might be the beginning of concrete action.

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