Scaling to Maximize Our Impact

As Room to Read’s reputation as a thought-leader in the field of global education has grown, and evidence in support of our programmatic approaches has mounted, we are increasingly asked by governments, non-profits and investors to share or implement all or parts of our successful model in a variety of contexts. As a result, we established Room to Read Accelerator, a technical assistance arm that is set up to disseminate our knowledge in literacy in the primary grades and girls’ education to a wider audience, thereby, maximizing our impact.

Building the Capacity of Others to Scale

Room to Read Accelerator helps organizations and governments implement and build capacity for effective programming in library services, reading and writing instruction, children’s book publishing, and girls’ education that is high impact and high quality. The challenging issues of illiteracy and gender inequality require interventions that are easy to scale and cost-effective.

The focus of the Accelerator model is to offer technical assistance and share our expertise and resources with partner organizations through the provision of training materials, workshops, periodic support and monitoring, in an effort to maximize the quality of implementation and, in turn, replicate our work.

Accelerator projects are typically two to three years in length.