Room to Read has been selected as the 2025 Tokyo Marathon charity! As one of the Abbott World Marathon Majors, the Tokyo Marathon is one of the world's most sought-after races. Take on this incredible challenge while helping to ensure all children have the room they need to read, learn and grow. Find out more and sign up: https://okt.to/vz2Pua #TokyoMarathon #TokyoMarathon2025 #RUNwithHEART
Room to Read
Non-profit Organizations
San Francisco, CA 48,515 followers
World Change Starts With Educated Children
About us
Founded in 2000 on the belief that World Change Starts with Educated Children®, Room to Read is creating a world free from illiteracy and gender inequality. We are achieving this goal by helping children in historically low-income communities develop literacy skills and a habit of reading, and by supporting girls as they build skills to succeed in school and negotiate key life decisions. We collaborate with governments and other partner organizations to deliver positive outcomes for children at scale. Room to Read has benefited more than 32 million children and has worked in 21 countries and in more than 49,000 communities, providing additional support through remote solutions that facilitate learning beyond the classroom. Room to Read aims to benefit 40 million children by 2025. Learn more at www.roomtoread.org
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http://www.roomtoread.org
External link for Room to Read
- Industry
- Non-profit Organizations
- Company size
- 1,001-5,000 employees
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, CA
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2000
- Specialties
- international education, philanthropy, education, literacy, and girls' education
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Join Executive Producer Julia Parfitt and directors Hannah Lau-Walker, Prashanti Aswani and Neeraja Raj at Raindance Film Festival as they discuss She Creates Change, our collaboration with Room to Read and series director Martha Adams. Diving into the importance of representation in animation, they’ll consider key lessons and takeaways from this women-led creative and production team. The panel kicks off at 4pm, June 25th at Wonderville. Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/eHBNJb-f
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“When you see books in your own language, that is an extraordinary service. It helps keep our identity, keep our language.” This #WorldRefugeeDay, revisit this piece from The New York Times to learn how a special Room to Read book collection in Dari and Pashto is helping Afghan children process their experiences of adjusting to a new home: https://okt.to/nKTm4f
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Ms. Khanouthai had been teaching Grade 1 in Laos for 22 years when she considered an early retirement. Despite years of dedication and hard work, she struggled to teach her students strong reading skills. Disheartened, she figured it was best for a younger teacher to take her place. When Room to Read partnered with Ms. Khanouthai's school to implement our Literacy Program, our literacy coaches offered Ms. Khanouthai extra training and support. They also posted inspirational quotes around her classroom to keep her motivated and remind her of her deep love of teaching. 🫶📚✏️ Equipped with enhanced skills, effective literacy lessons, and reading activities, Ms. Khanouthai returned to her classroom with newfound confidence, ready to get kids learning. Read her story: https://okt.to/ugG6KW #EducatorDevelopment #TeacherTrainings #LiteracyForAll #GlobalEducation
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To realize universal education by 2030, UNESCO warns that nearly 44m teachers are needed. To help achieve this right to education for millions of children, investment in teacher training is desperately needed. So, the Varkey Foundation and Room to Read have partnered to DOUBLE the impact of every donation made before June 30, while funds remain. Room to Read trains teachers and librarians in literacy and library best practices, assisting them in developing their skills and knowledge on effective literacy instruction and library management, with ongoing job-embedded support from literacy coaches. Donate today and your gift will go 2x as far to help accelerate and expand educator training to benefit more students, more quickly. 🔗 https://www.roomtoread.org #RoomToRead #VarkeyFoundation #GlobalTeacherPrize #TeachersMatter #EducationMatters #SupportingEducators #GlobalEducation #TeacherTraining #LiteracyForAll
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Last year, the Varkey Foundation awarded their US$1 million Global Teacher Prize to Sister Zeph, a remarkable teacher in #Pakistan who sought out Room to Read original Urdu-language books for her school. At age 13, Sister Zeph created a school in her own home for children in her community because she saw a need. Twenty-six years later, she has taught hundreds of children, provided financial assistance to families, and run self-defense classes for girls and vocational training for thousands of women. Help Room to Read ensure every child has a great teacher like Sister Zeph. Donate today and the Varkey Foundation will generously DOUBLE the impact of your gift: https://okt.to/boWjFV #TeachersMatter #SupportTeachers
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Join us in celebrating the first-ever #InternationalDayofPlay! The recognition of play by the United Nations marks a significant milestone in global efforts to preserve, promote and prioritize playing so that all children can reap the rewards. At Room to Read we know that play is an essential component of a quality education, creating powerful learning opportunities across all areas of development — intellectual, social, emotional and physical. Through play, children learn to forge connections with others, build foundational life skills like leadership, resilience and communication, navigate relationships and social challenges, and conquer their fears. That's why we created our Play Book Collection on the theme of play and social-emotional wellbeing. The 12 picture book titles in the collection help promote the development of essential life skills at home, at school and in communities. Read "The Princess of Everywhere" written by Sofia Cozzolino and illustrated by Amanda Morrow, right now on Literacy Cloud: https://okt.to/qjdmIk #ThePowerofPlay #TheRighttoPlay #PlayandWellbeing #FoundationalLearningSkills #SocialEmotionalSkills #LifeSkills
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Recent economic challenges in Laos have led many young teachers to explore alternate career options. As a result, primary schools across the country are shifting to multi-grade classrooms, in which one teacher teaches multiple grades at a time. To support students and educators through this shift and ensure education endures, our literacy team recently collaborated with local government partners on the development of new multi-grade teacher trainings, covering topics like multi-grade classroom management and lesson planning. Explore more updates from Laos and our partner communities around the world: https://okt.to/zWgOsT
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Room to Read and the Varkey Foundation are teaming up for teachers! This June, while funds remain, the Varkey Foundation has generously offered to double all donations made to Room to Read, so together we can support more teachers and students, more quickly. Around the world, there is a severe shortage of well-trained, highly qualified teachers. You can help Room to Read accelerate and expand our educator trainings. Give now and the Varkey Foundation will match your donation for 2x the impact: https://bit.ly/4eb1amr
Varkey Foundation & Room to Read The Global Teacher Prize was founded to underline the importance of educators and the fact that their efforts deserve to be recognized and celebrated. However, UNESCO warns that there will be a deficit of 44m teachers by 2030. To help combat this, the Varkey Foundation is proud to be teaming up for teachers and partnering with charity Room to Read. For a limited time, the Varkey Foundation will be matching funds donated to Room to Read, with funds raised going to boost teacher training in the most vulnerable communities. Join us to put educators first. Head to Room to Read’s website to donate: https://www.roomtoread.org *Donations by June 30 will be matched 1:1 by The Varkey Foundation while funds last. Your donation will be used where and when it is needed most, allowing for the delivery of a comprehensive and holistic approach to education. #RoomToRead #VarkeyFoundation #GlobalTeacherPrize #TeachersMatter #EducationMatters #SupportingEducators #GlobalEducation #TeacherTraining #LiteracyForAll #PowerofEducation
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Humanitix has been partnering with Room to Read since 2018. Over the last five years, Humanitix first partnered with Room to Read in 2018. Since then, #Humanitix's generous investment in our programs has benefited more than 30,000 children. We are delighted to welcome Humanitix co-founders Joshua Ross and Adam McCurdie to Room to Read's #Australia Regional Board. Learn more about our global leadership: https://bit.ly/3yNMKbW #GlobalLeaders #CreatingChange #EducationforAll
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