Jamaican professional Librado Wright has loved reading since he was a child. Over the years, he has had opportunities in his native country as well as in the United States to witness the epidemic illiteracy is causing around the globe. The ability to read is a skill that is not shared by everyone, and is causing significant issues for the human race.
- Illiteracy is not a problem that only affects children, in fact, nearly eight hundred million adults on the planet do not know how to read, and that is the equivalent of one illiterate person out of every five adult people in the world. A majority of that illiterate adult population is comprised of women.
- A little more than ninety-eight percent of the illiterate adult population lives in one of three key areas of the world; the Arab States, Sub-Saharan Africa, and South or West Asia. However, other developed nations are facing their own literacy issues.
- The entire African continent is facing a literacy crisis, with only sixty percent of the region's population having the ability to read basic text in their native language.
- In the United States, a nation which is considered advanced compared to many others, more than ninety-three million adults cannot read at a basic literacy level.
- There is a proven correlation between literacy rates in the world and economic status. Families who struggle financially are the ones who are most prone to literacy issues. Literacy is an issue that Librado Wright follows closely.