{"id":89282,"date":"2016-09-30T17:20:47","date_gmt":"2016-10-01T00:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/?p=89282"},"modified":"2017-06-09T16:46:42","modified_gmt":"2017-06-09T23:46:42","slug":"facts-about-childrens-literacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/facts-about-childrens-literacy\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Things You Didn&#8217;t Know About Children&#8217;s Literacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that 250 billion children can\u2019t read this? Half of those children are actually in school but still aren\u2019t able to read due to poor education.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, <a href=\"https:\/\/pencilsofpromise.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pencils of Promise<\/a>, a for-purpose organization, is working\u00a0to provide quality education for children in developing countries and increasing access to education for those in need. This season, we here at FabFitFun have included a set of coloring pencils in collaboration with PoP because we believe in their vision to bring education to kids all over the world.<\/p>\n<p>Here are just a few facts\u00a0about children\u2019s literacy and why PoP is striving to make a difference:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unesco.org\/new\/en\/media-services\/single-view\/news\/global_learning_crisis_is_costing_129_billion_a_year\/#.V-KpINMrJmA\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">250 million children globally<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are not learning elementary educational skills, which translates into a loss of an estimated US $129 billion per year for governments around the world.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If all students<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in low-income countries left school with basic reading skills, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/globalissues\/children\/pdf\/educationfirst-facts.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">more than 170 million people<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> could be lifted out of poverty<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An additional year of schooling for a girl <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/globalissues\/children\/pdf\/educationfirst-facts.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">can increase her potential earnings by 10-20%<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unicef.org\/media\/media_53234.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">miss 272 million school days<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> each year due to preventable illness.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A child born to a literate mother is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unesco.org\/fileadmin\/MULTIMEDIA\/HQ\/ED\/pdf\/MDG2010_Facts_and_Figures_EN.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">50% more likely<\/a> to survive past the age of five.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>PoP&#8217;s programs and initiatives\u00a0have been making a change. Here&#8217;s how:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PoP 3rd &amp; 4th grade students see 251% greater improvements than their peers in oral reading fluency, a primary indicator of success for transitional readers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In PoP schools with WASH programming, 3.7-times more students report drinking clean water as compared to their peers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PoP 5th &amp; 6th grade students see 100% greater improvements than their peers in reading comprehension, a primary indicator of success for independent readers.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And we&#8217;re especially excited to\u00a0work\u00a0with Pencils of Promise as our charity partner for the Fall Box. We paired colored pencils with an original FabFitFun Coloring Book to help you relax and unwind like never before.\u00a0Learn more at <a href=\"https:\/\/pencilsofpromise.org\/backtoschool\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PencilsofPromise.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and let\u2019s make a difference in children\u2019s education.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>xx, The FabFitFun Team<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">P.S. Psst! Have you signed up for the #FabFitFun box yet? Don\u2019t miss out on $200+ in amazing beauty, fitness, fashion, and lifestyle products every season. <a href=\"http:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Join today<\/a>!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">To get the most out of your box products, <a href=\"http:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/insider\" target=\"_blank\">make sure to check out the Insider page<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":"Did you know that 250 billion children can\u2019t read this? Half of those children are ...","author":422344,"featured_media":90355,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[201],"tags":[],"thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/30172042\/onken_140211_PoP_Ghana200_0477-660x400.jpg","thumbnail_url_middle_card":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/30172042\/onken_140211_PoP_Ghana200_0477.jpg","formated_date":"September 30, 2016","category_name":"Members Only","category_icon":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/11113301\/iSiu0EDM.png","author_name":"Monica Chang","trending":false,"sponsored":false,"random_color":"#ffdccc","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89282"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/422344"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}