The World Literacy Foundation announced that Mihika Menon will be a Youth Ambassador for 2024. She will serve as a local advocate, aiming to increase education and community awareness about the importance of reading and writing to lift literacy rates in (East Coast Park Singapore).
Mihika Menon, aged 15, is a passionate freshman at high school with a profound love for literature and history. Her enthusiasm for reading and writing essays fuels her academic pursuits and involvement in nonprofit organisations such as The Debut Review and CARE Singapore. As Networking and Liaisons head for the Global Scholars Hub, Mihika actively engages in initiatives promoting education and community welfare.
Living in Singapore, Mihika has witnessed the struggles of elderly individuals battling illiteracy. This issue hits close to home, affecting their daily lives and making simple tasks like reading food labels, understanding recipes, and comprehending important documents a challenge. Even in professional settings, where practical skills are abundant, illiteracy becomes a barrier, hindering paperwork completion and job performance. The inability to read road signs and text messages also poses safety risks for these individuals.
Driven by these experiences, Mihika is determined to combat illiteracy among the elderly in Singapore. She understands that literacy is the key to a better life, independence, and safety. Through her work with non-profit organizations and her leadership in the Global Scholars Hub, Mihika plans to raise awareness about this issue and advocate for initiatives that promote literacy among the elderly. She firmly believes that empowering individuals with literacy skills not only enhances their personal well-being but also strengthens the entire community.
The World Literacy Foundation, a prominent international literacy nonprofit, is on a mission to eliminate illiteracy by 2024. Currently, a staggering 770 million people worldwide are unable to read a single word, and an additional 2 billion struggle to read a sentence. In low-income households, an average of 72% of children faces reading difficulties. Illiteracy can have long-term social and economic consequences for young people.
As a Youth Ambassador, she can develop leadership skills and highlight literacy issues to the wider community.
Further information on this may be found here – https://worldliteracyfoundation.org/
