Illiteracy is the cause of poverty. We know a cup of coffee (Starbucks) = 20 notebooks, or a school bag, or two pairs of slippers for poor children in Vietnam.
And yet how would bitcoin help them? by donating bitcoin or giving them notebooks, bags or slippers? I don't have anything against people who donates to the poor, but giving them knowledge to help them earn for their daily needs is better. Teaching less fortunate people how to catch fish is better than giving them fish.
You're right about illiteracy causing poverty but being illiterate is a person's choice.
If you are born poor its not your mistake, But if you die poor its your mistake.
-Bill Gates