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Just $1 a day over a year would start 6 eager young students on a path to literacy. The same amount would give a teenage girl the chance to stay in school and finish her secondary education with the emotional and material support she needs to succeed in school and beyond. In both cases these children are likely to be the first in their family or village to learn to read and write, or complete high school.
Room to Read is a global non-profit organisation working to transform the lives of millions of children throughout Asia and Africa by improving literacy and gender equality in education. Since our inception in 2000 we have reached more than 10 million children. But there is still so much more to do.
Room to Read strives to end illiteracy by educating children, paving a path out of poverty for the millions of children we work with today, and generations to come. We give children a chance to go to school, learn in a safe environment, and develop a love of books and reading. We place great emphasis on girls because they are often left out on the sidelines.
Worldwide 250 million children, almost 40% of all primary school-age children, are not learning basic skills like reading and writing. The world’s poorest children are also four times less likely to be in primary school, as compared to those in world’s richest countries. 1 in 12 of the world’s adult population can’t read or write, 70% are women and girls.
When you teach a child to read you are also laying the seeds of education for their children. Your donation today will be felt for generations.