Governor' Project PLIFTT OUGHEDUCATION

EEducatio ducatio daily lives, encompassing various daily lives, encompassing various subjects that contribute to personal subjects that contribute to personal and collective improvement, as well and collective improvement, as well as long-term progress. It is crucial as long-term progress. It is crucial for the success and sustainability of for the success and sustainability of organizations like Key Club, organizations like Key Club, fostering growth through fostering growth through knowledge sharing and inspiring knowledge sharing and inspiring others. Education fosters unity and others. Education fosters unity and represents the foundation for our represents the foundation for our future development. The Governor's future development. The Governor's Project, "Uplift through Education," Project, "Uplift through Education," aims to cultivate servant leaders aims to cultivate servant leaders within the district who can make a within the district who can make a difference in underprivileged difference in underprivileged communities through community- communities through communitydriven initiatives focused on driven initiatives focused on education, research, and financial education, research, and financial literacy. This project also literacy. This project also emphasizes the unity of the district emphasizes the unity of the district as a team, working together to as a team, working together to support individuals worldwide who support individuals worldwide who lack access to similar resources and lack access to similar resources and educational opportunities. By educational opportunities. By elevating education, we can uplift elevating education, we can uplift students, peers, and adults, creating students, peers, and adults, creating a positive ripple effect from one a positive ripple effect from one person to another. person to another.

According ed by the According ed by the United Nations, over 35% of children United Nations, over 35% of children and adolescents around the world do and adolescents around the world do not have access to educational not have access to educational resources. Compounding these resources. Compounding these inequities has created a digital divide inequities has created a digital divide which continues to grow, and which continues to grow, and individuals can face considerable individuals can face considerable barriers in the future without equal barriers in the future without equal access - over two thirds of the access - over two thirds of the percentage studied faces inaccessible percentage studied faces inaccessible technology usage within their home as technology usage within their home as well. The importance of uplifting others well. The importance of uplifting others through education is to provide them through education is to provide them with the opportunity to gain experiences with the opportunity to gain experiences and carry on the knowledge they obtain and carry on the knowledge they obtain for their future endeavors. Many for their future endeavors. Many individuals around the world do not individuals around the world do not have access to different school-based have access to different school-based resources because of differing resources because of differing ccircumstances. ircumstances.