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

World Change Starts with Educated Children®

Creating a world free from illiteracy and gender inequality

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

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The Latest from Room to Read

Continuous learning and improvement: 2024 insights from Room to Read’s gender equality programming

Continuous learning and improvement

Skill building, Cambodia

Our Story Your Chapter 25 Years of Room to Read

Our Story, Your Chapter: 25 Years of Room to Read

She Creates Change premieres live on YouTube

She Creates Change premieres live on YouTube

She Creates Change, Sri Lanka

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