Room to Read believes that everyone has the right to a good education.
That’s because we know that education is the key to fighting global poverty and inequality.
Students Helping Students (SHS), is a youth movement to raise funds and awareness for our work. By joining, you're standing up for global literacy and girls’ rights to go to school.
We have lots of ways you can help. Host a fundraiser at school, make a video to raise awareness, blog about our work, plan a community event...the possibilities are endless! Check out our ideas below, or craft your own—and don’t forget to share your success stories with us!
Take Action
From grade school to graduate school, we help students plan all sorts of activities for Room to Read!
Fundraiser Tool Kits
Use these Tool Kits to help you plan and organize one of our signature fundraising campaigns.
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Info Sheet
Hosting an event at your school? Print this handy Info Sheet to help you explain what Room to Read does and how students can get invovled with our work.
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Educator Resources
We know that teachers play a huge role in supporting student action. Help your class learn about the world, then help them change it!
Looking for an easy way to get started? Check out this ready-to-use Power Point to help you explain our work to your students.
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Take on the Stubbies World Change Challenge
It's the National Year of Reading in Australia, and together with Stubbies Schoolwear, students across the country are fundraising for Room to Read to support literacy in the developing world. Check out how these entrepreneurial students raised over $500 in a single day to to help build a library in Cambodia! Could you do the same?
Read more about the Challenge here!
Only 3% of nonprofits have received six consecutive Charity Navigator four star ratings. Our transparency and accountability place us among the best charities. See for yourself.
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See our work
Documentary filmmakers James Connolly and Rachelle Escaravage travelled to Room to Read projects across Asia to tell the stories of children who are benefitting from our programs.
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You can change the world
Send a girl to school, start a library, or build new classrooms. We can help you run your own fundraising campaign with your friends and family, complete with your own microsite to collect gifts and track your progress.
Personal Fundraising »
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