See Your Impact

Please review Room to Read's Visitor Agreement and Child Protection Code of Conduct. This waiver must be signed prior to the visit by each participant and will be sent to you from our team via DocuSign. 

A visit to a Room to Read partner school offers a meaningful look at our programs in action. Here’s what to expect:

• Timeframe - Visits typically last 90–120 minutes, depending on the country.
• Orientation - Begin with a short briefing from our staff about our work in the country.
• School Welcome - Be greeted by the principal, teachers, and sometimes community members. Welcomes may be simple or more elaborate depending on the school.
• Activities - Observe and participate in learning activities that showcase Room to Read's programs.
• Farewell - You may be invited to share a few words of thanks before departure.
• Transportation - We usually arrange and cover transport to and from the school. 
• Communication - A Room to Read staff member will guide your visit and provide translation as needed.

Read more about what to expect in this document.

If you are traveling with your family, check out our tips on traveling with children on a Room to Read program visit.

Please review these Visitor Guidelines prior to your visit and take two minutes to watch this video.

In addition to the above guidelines, please find information on COVID-19 below. 

By entering the Room to Read office and/or visiting a partner community, you understand the following requirements and recommendations. 

• It is our strong recommendation that you are up-to-date on COVID-19 boosters.
• You are responsible for monitoring for COVID-19 symptoms before visiting Room to Read's work. We ask that you postpone your visit if you are sick/unwell.
• If you develop symptoms or test positive within 48 hours following your Room to Read visit, please notify your Room to Read contact at the Global Office so we can inform those in the local office or community as relevant. Your identity will be kept confidential by Room to Read to the maximum extent possible. 

We will notify you if there are required or recommended testing or mask mandates per local law, the local Room to Read office, or the school. 

You have the unique opportunity of getting to see Room to Read’s work in person and we want to hear all about it! Click here for different ways you can share your experience with us. Please take a few minutes to review the possibilities and, if you’d like to participate, let us know what you are thinking and if you have any questions.

Since 2000, Room to Read has worked in 29 countries around the world to help young learners unlock their full potential through education. In 2025 alone, more than 17 million children actively benefited from our programming that supports children to develop foundational literacy skills, as well as life skills that promote gender equality.

Room to Read supports children in communities experiencing deep educational and economic inequities, where investments in education accelerate positive change for children, families and communities.

Room to Read is making the impossible possible, through education.

Learn more through our Our Work page. 

Room to Read’s Literacy Portfolio supports children as they develop literacy skills with a love of reading – enabling them to pursue lifelong learning and make informed decisions.

We train and coach cohorts of teachers, create quality books and curricular materials and establish libraries filled with diverse children’s books in local languages that can be enjoyed at school or home. We combine the science of learning to read with the magic of loving to read to sustain children’s reading skills development.

Learn more about our Literacy Program. 

Room to Read’s Gender Equality Portfolio ensures that all adolescents, particularly girls, develop life skills that promote gender equality – enabling them to pursue lifelong learning and make informed decisions.

Our Girls’ Education Program supports girls as they develop their power as positive change agents by providing critical knowledge, life skills classes, mentorship, peer support, and family and community engagement. Through the program, girls are supported with role models and resources to self-advocate and chart a successful life path that they choose for themselves.

Learn more about our Gender Equality Portfolio. 

Tracking our progress and monitoring our programs have been essential parts of our DNA since the very beginning of Room to Read. We are committed to putting data at the heart of our program design and holding ourselves accountable not just to our investors but to the children we serve across Asia and Africa who deserve the chance to become literate adults. Learn more about Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation.