Nonprofit Supporting Girls' Education & Literacy Programs - Room to Read

Millions of students need advocates like you.

Donations MATCHED for 2x the impact

World Change Starts with Educated Children®

Creating a world free from illiteracy and gender inequality

Our Work

We know how to solve the illiteracy crisis

Proven tools for independent readers and lifelong learners

Literacy Program

Centering girls' voices in pursuit of gender equality

A first-of-its-kind multi-media storytelling initiative

She Creates Change

More than 45 million

children and their communities benefited

See Where We Work

The Latest from Room to Read

If I love sports, I shall pursue them with all my heart and soul.

"If I love sports, I shall pursue them with all my heart and soul."

Skill building, Nepal

She Creates Change premieres live on YouTube

She Creates Change premieres live on YouTube

She Creates Change, Sri Lanka

Meet Joba from Room to Read Bangladesh

"I have followed my dreams with life skills."

Skill building, Bangladesh

Meet Ambika, a Girls’ Education Program graduate from Nepal

“I see a little Ambika in all the girls I now mentor.”

Skill building, Nepal

Eighty-four books in three months: How a Room to Read library helped Lio in Cambodia fall in love with reading

Eighty-four books in three months: How a Room to Read library helped Lio fall in love with reading

Program delivery, Cambodia

How to Read to Children: Why Training Teachers Matters

How to read to children: Why training teachers matters

Educator training and coaching, Cambodia

Room to Read’s “Dancing Hands”: a story of friendship through Filipino Sign Language

Room to Read’s “Dancing Hands”: a story of friendship through Filipino Sign Language

Content and curriculum, Philippines

The village that feared reading

The village that feared reading

Skill building, Sri Lanka

Room to Read presents: She Creates Change | Official Trailer

Room to Read presents: She Creates Change | Official Trailer

She Creates Change, India

Decoding Room to Read: Who We Are and What We Do

Decoding Room to Read: Who we are and what we do

Partnerships pave the way: scaling Room to Read’s library model

Partnerships pave the way: scaling Room to Read’s library model

Skill building, Cambodia

Education remains a constant amidst change for refugee communities across the globe: How Room to Read supports refugee communities

Education remains a constant amidst change for refugee communities across the globe

Skill building, Bangladesh

5 Countries Where School Libraries are Flourishing

Five countries where Room to Read libraries are flourishing

Program delivery, Cambodia

By continuing to use this site you consent to the use of cookies. Find out more.