The Universal Learning Centre (ULC) is a U.S.-based nonprofit organization whose mission is:
"To provide educational resources and learning opportunities for people living in developing countries."
Education has great significance for economic, social and cultural development. The aim of educational policy should therefore be to give every person an opportunity to develop his/her inherent potential. It is that kind of education which will bring an accelerated economic growth, less diseases, more wealth and income, decline in population growth, national/world unity and political stability. In contemporary societies, educational attainment is directly valued and is the main factor leading to advantage along all other key dimensions of individual stratification. Simply to be part of the modern political economy requires that individuals receive large doses of mass schooling. It is therefore desirable to give everyone access to education.
Poverty and illiteracy prevent individuals and communities from excelling socially and economically. Universal Learning Centre aims to address these challenges by making available modern learning centres/libraries in developing countries. These learning centres will include the latest educational resources and programs that focus on improving literacy rates and key skills and capabilities vital for both individual and collective prosperity.
Libraries play pivotal roles in the economic and civic structure of the communities they serve and act as agents of change. They help to stabilize communities and in return, those communities enable their citizenry to accomplish both individual and collective goals that were previously unattainable.