Although nearly four billion people are now literate in the world, literacy for all – children, youth and adults - is still an unaccomplished goal and an ever-moving target. As many as 114 million children of primary school age are still not enrolled in school. This means one in every five children is deprived of access to even the most basic education. The target for governments and development agencies under the Millennium Development Goal 2 is to ensure that all children everywhere go to primary school by 2015.

The target can be achieved, but not without the contribution of volunteers who work at the local level in a myriad of roles to bring education to inaccessible and marginalized communities. In this section, we highlight the role volunteers are playing in the efforts to meet the MDG 2 targets and also the contribution of student volunteers themselves.

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13 February 2009
Sudan volunteers aid in school reconstruction  22 January 2009
New MDG cartoons for Kosovo  09 January 2009
Passing it forward in Aceh by Ken To
22 May 2008
Eight ways to change the world by Faça Parte
15 January 2008
Volunteers help tackle health and education problems in Namibia by Frederick Philander