The Jane Austen Literacy Foundation is a registered not for profit organisation run by volunteers. The foundation was created to harness the global passion for Jane Austen to fund literacy resources for communities in need across the world.
We believe that everyone, no matter gender or circumstance, has the right to learn basic literacy skills. Many of us are very lucky and have the opportunity to receive an education where we can learn these invaluable skills. However, there are communities around the world where this is not so. Literacy rates in developing, low income and war torn countries are staggering, and the gap between men and women even more so.