On Saturday, October 25, 2008, UUSC will cosponsor a Walk for Literacy organized by Barakat to raise funds and awareness for Barakat’s literacy programs in Afghanistan. According to UNICEF, only 18 percent of Afghan girls and young women aged 15-24 years are literate. Sometimes this means just being able to write one’s name.

Proceeds from Barakat’s Walk for Literacy will support home-based literacy programs, which reach more than Afghan 750 girls and women.
The walk begins at 9 a.m., in Sennott Park, near Central Square, in Cambridge, Mass. Registration begins at 8 a.m.

UUSC Civil Liberties Program works with Barakat to improve the well-being of girls and women in Afghanistan by increasing access to quality education and raising awareness about human rights and women’s rights.
To learn more about Barkat and the October 25 Literacy Walk, visit http://www.uusc.org/content/uusc_joins_hands_new_partner_barakat