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Combining the science of learning to read with the magic of loving to read

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Critical life skills to create a gender-equal world

Supporting adolescents through life skills education and mentoring

Gender Equality Portfolio

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Thousands of children’s books and read aloud videos in 40+ languages

52 million children

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The Latest from Room to Read

International Literacy Day

International Literacy Day reflections

Christabel Pinto, Vice President, Room to Read's Literacy Portfolio

Educator training and coaching

Our Story Your Chapter 25 Years of Room to Read

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

Literacy Interventions at Scale

Literacy interventions at scale: Building systems that deliver

Saktibrata Sen, Senior Director of Programming for Room to Read in India

Literacy Portfolio, India

Partners in Progress

Celebrating our partners in progress

Delivery structures

Addressing Linguistic Complexity in India

Addressing linguistic complexity in Indian classrooms

Stuti Jain, Manager of Instructional Design and Structural Support

Research and insights, India

From loss to literacy

A journey from loss to literacy: Hafiz’s story and the rise of reading corners in Lebanon

Nivrita Durgvanshi, Associate Director, Literacy Portfolio

Delivery structures, Lebanon

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”

Content and curriculum, Philippines