With approximately half of Malians ages 15-24 illiterate, literacy has been an issue of concern for the Malian government.[1] National programs to address this issue focus on first giving students the knowledge they need to read and write.[2] Afterwards, communities and foreign countries try to incorporate post literacy and integrated literacy into educational programs to allow students to utilize their new skills to help the economy and community.[3][4] One famous example of a literacy project Mali took part in is the Experimental World Literacy Program.[12]