Meet Japan’s first literacy ambassador
In a childhood divided between Japan and Nepal, books were a constant for Aditi Paudel. Now the 17-year-old is Japan's first literacy ambassador.
Aditi Paudel, a 17-year-old high school senior in Tokyo, has made history as Japan's first literacy ambassador. Born in Japan but raised in Nepal during her early years, Paudel's early exposure to reading set her apart from a young age. Her grandfather introduced her to a newspaper filled with Devanagari script when she was still a preschooler, an experience that seemed to come naturally to her despite the complexity of the text.
This formative memory of feeling accomplished as a reader has driven Paudel's dedication to promoting literacy. Currently, she is one of 900 young individuals between the ages of 16 to 25 from 101 countries participating in a program run by the World Literacy Foundation, a global nonprofit organization headquartered in Australia.
Kay, the CEO and founder of the World Literacy Foundation, highlighted that this is the first time an ambassador from Japan has been appointed in the program's 12-year history.
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