In 2024, we shared that we had surpassed a significant goal set in our last strategic plan, Vision 2025: to benefit at least 40 million children worldwide by 2025. In fact, we celebrated benefiting 45 million children across 24 countries, making critical room for these children to develop literacy and life skills in a dignified and gender-equal way.
It’s now 2025, and we have an even more extraordinary number to celebrate.
To date, we have benefited an estimated* 50 million children cumulatively since 2000 in historically low-income communities across 28 countries. And that’s not the only strategic goal we surpassed.
Vision 2025 Goal
Transform the lives of children in at least 10 new countries.
Result
Room to Read expanded our programming to 12 new countries, including Canada, China, Italy, Kenya, Lebanon, Malawi, Maldives, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Uganda, and the United States.
Vision 2025 Goal
Create children’s books in at least five new languages.
Result
Created children’s books in 18 new languages, resulting in 57 languages total. New languages include Cebuano, Chinese-simplified, Chinese-traditional, Dari, Filipino, Garifuna, Haitian Kreyól, Hiligaynon, Italian, Jarai, Luganda, Miskito, Pashto, Punjabi, Runyankore-Rukiga, Saraiki, Sindhi and Spanish.
Vision 2025 Goal
At least one element of our programming is integrated at the national or subnational level in all countries where we work with full-scale operations.
Result
This goal was exceeded with multiple examples in many countries! We're thrilled to share just a few examples in this report.
We're 25 years into our story. We’ve proven that ending the global learning crisis is possible. And our story is far from over.
This year, we’re writing our next chapter, one focused on a new strategic vision for our future.
Read our Our Story, Your Chapter 25th anniversary report
