Today is international literacy day. The world is celebrating the 50th anniversary of this day on the theme of “Reading the Past, Writing the future”. The Sun Child Sponsorship Program (SCSP) of DCI celebrates this day in the supported village in Patuakhali and Nilphamari. Today DCI arranged the dialogue session with community youth, mothers and children separately ensure their participation to ensure literacy for all.

DCI has been working in Bangladesh since 2005 through to prevent drop out and increase literacy rate through the Sun Child Sponsorship Program (SCSP). According to UNESCO, the literacy rate of adult people (aged 15+) of Bangladesh increased 41.5% to 61.4% from the year 2005 to 2015. DCI is the part of this achievement.