Room to Read is a global organization transforming the lives of millions of children in low-income communities by focusing on literacy and gender equality in education. Founded in 2000 on the belief that World Change Starts with Educated Children®, our innovative model focuses on deep, systemic transformation within schools during two time periods that are most critical in a child’s schooling: early primary school for literacy acquisition and secondary school for girls’ education. We work in collaboration with local communities, partner organizations, and governments to develop literacy skills and a habit of reading among primary school children and ensure girls can complete secondary school with the skills necessary to negotiate key life decisions. By focusing on the quality of education provided within the communities and ensuring these outcomes are measured, we have created a model that can be replicated, localized and sustained by governments. Room to Read has benefited 16. 8 million children across over 37, 000 communities in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Grenada, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Rwanda, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Vietnam, and Zambia.
Room to Read is a global organization transforming the
lives
of millions of
children
in low-income
communities
by focusing on literacy and gender equality in education. Founded in 2000 on the belief that World
Change
Starts
with Educated
Children®
, our innovative model focuses on deep, systemic transformation within
schools
during two time periods that are most critical in a child’s schooling: early primary
school
for literacy acquisition and secondary
school
for girls’ education. We work in collaboration with local
communities
, partner organizations, and
governments
to develop literacy
skills
and a habit of reading among primary
school
children
and ensure girls can complete secondary
school
with the
skills
necessary to negotiate key life decisions. By focusing on the quality of education provided within the
communities
and ensuring these outcomes
are measured
, we have created a model that can
be replicated
, localized and sustained by
governments
. Room to Read has benefited 16. 8 million
children
across over 37, 000
communities
in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Grenada, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Rwanda, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Vietnam, and Zambia.