Imagine that every time you need to take a sip of water, wash your hands or brush your teeth you had a 5 year old walk alone for 6km carrying 20 litres of water back home, so that you could.
Read MoreWho would you be, if you could not read?
Nearly 800 million people on the planet cannot read or write.
523 million (or 2/3) of those are women.
5.1 million adults are from the United Kingdom.