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Our Story Your Chapter 25 Years of Room to Read

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

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

Partners in Progress

Celebrating our partners in progress

Delivery structures

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

Continuous learning and improvement

Skill building, Cambodia

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