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Six ways to celebrate International Literacy Day

August 29, 2022

Community Reading Forums support young readers in Bangladesh

September 30, 2022

Removal of barriers for access to education creates 'phenomenal' opportunities for edtech

September 30, 2022

Room to Read Appoints Michael Bowers as Chief Program Implementation Officer and Cynthia Orme as Chief People and Technology Officer

September 28, 2022

Three must-read books from our Author Advocates

September 15, 2022

Meet Room to Read’s new director, library advisor!

September 06, 2022

Inside Room to Read's Literacy Program in Tanzania

August 31, 2022

Collier kids can get book collection to take home

August 18, 2022

Room to Read's work in Pakistan

August 12, 2022

Life skills lessons help Chathurika remain focused on her education during ongoing crisis in Sri Lanka

August 08, 2022

Craig Herb on creating his legacy

July 28, 2022

Partnerships pave the way: scaling Room to Read’s library model

July 20, 2022

Attention all book lovers: Here’s what we’re adding to our shelves

July 18, 2022

Inspiring stories help Naduni persevere through Sri Lanka crisis

July 18, 2022

Around the world in eight updates

July 06, 2022

Meet Maneesha from Sri Lanka

June 24, 2022

Building to global scale: Room to Read's 15+ year partnership with Salesforce

June 22, 2022

Watch: Room to Read associate director discusses upcoming book distribution

June 22, 2022

Establishing new school libraries in Jordan

June 21, 2022

World Refugee Day: Room to Read provides Afghan children with stories of building a new home

June 20, 2022

New book collection helps Afghan children process their new lives in Houston

June 20, 2022

Meet Chamodi from Sri Lanka

June 17, 2022

Sharing our insights and experience globally

June 15, 2022

Atlassian's virtual trek to Cambodia

June 10, 2022

Room to Read CEO honored at Credit Suisse and Time’s 2022 Women of Impact event

June 09, 2022

Pratik's home library

May 23, 2022

Room to Read’s 2022 New York Gala recognizes education as the key that unlocks possibilities

May 19, 2022

Rebels with Room to Read

Jonathan Alley | May 18, 2022

Room to Read’s New York Gala celebrates education as the great equalizer, benefiting 115,000 children with honorees IMC, Lilly Singh and Tatcha

May 13, 2022

Folklore to protect our future and other publishing news

May 02, 2022

Local educators seek to provide more book access in Bay Area ‘book deserts’

April 22, 2022

Three ways that Room to Read supports climate justice

April 20, 2022

Asharq Business with Bloomberg's “Morning with Cyba” Interviews Room to Read's CEO, Dr. Geetha Murali

April 20, 2022

World change and word choice go hand in hand: Room to Read’s statement on dignified language

April 13, 2022

Helping children cope through COVID-19: developing the skills that children need to learn

April 13, 2022

Using dignified language unseats bias and advances equity

April 13, 2022

Meet Sifa from Tanzania

April 06, 2022

Missing out: Why children in the U.S. need to see themselves in books

Christabel Pinto | April 04, 2022

Advancing life skills measurement: the ALSA for Girls Synthesis Report and How-To Guide

March 31, 2022

Around the world in nine updates

March 30, 2022

We need new stories: Seven lessons from our International Women’s Day events

March 18, 2022

Room to Read appoints Yusuf Alireza as Board of Directors Chair

March 17, 2022

Rebels Rule: Transformational stories of perseverance and strength

March 10, 2022

Smartphones are taboo for some girls in India. That's bad news for their future

March 08, 2022

Achieving gender equity depends on boys, and how we raise them

March 07, 2022

Initiative in Kern County makes sure kids have books at home

March 04, 2022

2021 Year in Review

February 28, 2022

International Mother Language Day: Being a part of the story

February 21, 2022

Rewiring education: An inside look at the 2021 RewirEd Summit

February 08, 2022

Meet Nishita from Bangladesh

January 27, 2022

2021 Girls’ Education Program Report

January 20, 2022

Room to Read provides free books to Central California children

December 27, 2021

Inside “The Gifts of Reading Anthology” – Essays on the Joys of Reading, Giving and Receiving Books

December 21, 2021

Room to Read Begins Non-commercial Children’s Book Publishing in the U.S., Provides First Print Copies of Peace & Equality Book Collection to Underserved Children in California’s Central Valley and San Francisco Bay Area, with support from Tatcha

December 21, 2021

'I was just stunned:' A Wauwatosa woman bequeaths $4.6 million to a global nonprofit for children's literacy

December 21, 2021

Room to Read Global Board Update

December 20, 2021

CNBC's Squawk Box interviews Room to Read's Heather Simpson on the magnitude of the education crisis

December 17, 2021

As COVID-19 Education Crisis Persists, Room to Read Delivers More Than 34 Million Direct Messages to Teachers and Students in Low-Income Communities

December 14, 2021

Room to Read Announces New Board Appointments

December 02, 2021

Dreams Start with Education

November 29, 2021

7 Ways to Give in Less than 5 Minutes

November 22, 2021

Meet Kirma from India

November 22, 2021

Meet Joshua from Tanzania

November 15, 2021

Why It’s Time for Education to Invest in Both Gender Equality and Climate Justice

Christina Kwauk & Natalie Wyss | October 26, 2021

Improving the Lives of Marginalized Youth: Key Takeaways from FHI360’s ‘Fostering Systemic Change for Adolescent Girls’ Education’ Event

October 25, 2021

Room to Read's 2020 Annual Report

October 22, 2021

On Our Path to Global COVID-19 Recovery, We Must Focus on Literacy

October 20, 2021

Room to Read students featured in Financial Times photo essay: Pupils’ parallel pandemics in India and Tanzania

Andrew Jack | October 14, 2021

10 Life Skills We Wish We Learned in School

October 08, 2021

Meet Roshni from India

October 04, 2021

Meet Phimya from Laos

October 01, 2021

“India Gets Reading at Home” Campaign

September 27, 2021

An Excerpt from “A Life’s Work” by Dina Nayeri Featured in “The Gifts of Reading”

September 21, 2021

Imagination is Never Locked Down

September 01, 2021

Room to Read Investigates Scarcity of Books and Lack of Book Diversity for Children in the U.S.

August 30, 2021

Educational inequities exacerbated by 'book deserts,' study finds

August 26, 2021

As Back to School Season Approaches, Research Findings on U.S. “Book Deserts” and Lack of Diverse Books for Children Prompts Response to Education Inequities in Underserved Communities

August 25, 2021

Room to Read’s minority language book publishing

August 24, 2021

Room to Read's COVID-19 Book Collection

August 17, 2021

Geetha Murali on South Asian Trailblazers

August 09, 2021

Supporter Spotlight: Peter from Calgary on Leaving a Legacy

July 23, 2021

Dr. Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, Author of “The Mountains Sing”, Joins Room to Read Author Advocates

July 19, 2021

Updates from Room to Read's Programs Around the World

July 12, 2021

Room to Read Mobilizes Capital and Resources in Urgent Response as the World Bank Calls COVID-19 Pandemic “Worst Crisis to Education and Learning in a Century”

June 30, 2021

What We Learned at ‘Diversity of Diversity: The Power of Books in Fostering Diverse Communities’

June 16, 2021

Meet Akhi from Bangladesh: Supported by Comic Relief US — Red Nose Day

May 24, 2021

Room to Read Extends COVID-19 Remote Learning Interventions After Reaching 4.9 Million Children in 2020

May 19, 2021

Assessing Oral Language Skills to Inform Reading Programming

April 26, 2021

Lilly Singh Plays “The Price is Right at Night” for Room to Read

April 22, 2021

How Room to Read is Celebrating Earth Day

April 13, 2021

Room to Read's Peace & Equality Book Collection

April 09, 2021

At a Pivot Point: Will COVID-19 Push Gender Equality Forward or Back?

March 31, 2021

Stories of Change from Girls' Education Program Participants in India

March 29, 2021

Room to Read Appoints Tatcha’s Vicky Tsai to Board of Directors

March 18, 2021

Growing Up in Different Ways: Reflections from Girls’ Education Program Alumnae in Vietnam

March 15, 2021

Meet Neema, a Social Mobilizer from Tanzania

March 09, 2021

Meet Kabita from Nepal: Leading by Example

March 03, 2021

2020 Year in Review

February 24, 2021

Four Pillars of Success for Nonprofit CEO Successions

January 27, 2021

Esther Wojcicki, Author of “How To Raise Successful People”, Joins Room to Read Author Advocates

January 25, 2021

Our Country Directors' Goals for 2021

January 20, 2021

CNBC's Squawk Box interviews Dr. Geetha Murali on the COVID-19 illiteracy crisis

January 18, 2021

Room to Read delivers physical literacy resources during school closures to over 500,000 children in Asia

January 13, 2021

Reimagining girls’ education during COVID-19: Lessons from adapting programs and measures

January 07, 2021

IMAGINE: 2020 Virtual Gala

December 17, 2020

Lucina Di-Meco writes for Ms. Magazine - Four Ways to Empower a New Generation of Women Political Leaders

November 25, 2020

Room to Read CEO, Dr. Geetha Murali, appears on new podcast series by Qualtrics

November 18, 2020

Celebrating Room to Read's 20th Anniversary

November 18, 2020

Celine Tam Announces Commitment to Global Education as Room to Read Ambassador

November 17, 2020

Meet Sugisma, Best Reader in Nepal 2020

November 16, 2020

Meet Nimeshika from Sri Lanka

November 02, 2020

Meet Siti from Tanzania

October 22, 2020

Room to Read and Scholastic Deliver Children’s Books Around the World

October 22, 2020

How Mahesha supported her family during lockdown using financial education

October 20, 2020

Four Ways to Empower a New Generation of Women Political Leaders

Lucina Di Meco | October 20, 2020

Room to Read and Librio launch personalized children’s book, "Be Brave"

October 08, 2020

Room to Read and Warburg Pincus Partner on Transformational Commitment to Girls’ Education in India

October 07, 2020

4 Ways Room to Read Supports Diversity, Equity and Inclusion through our Literacy Program

September 29, 2020

BBC World News TV interview Room to Read CEO Geetha Murali on global illiteracy rates

September 28, 2020

Alisha Niehaus Berger writes about the power of globally diverse children's books

Alisha Niehaus Berger | September 21, 2020

Bloomberg cover Room to Read's work in Asia to keep girls learning during school closures

September 21, 2020

Room to Read Recognized by Library of Congress with David M. Rubenstein Special Response Award

September 10, 2020

Room to Read Launches Author & Illustrator Advocate Initiative in Honor of International Literacy Day

September 08, 2020

Sindhu Vee presents the BBC Radio 4 Charity Appeal to support Room to Read on International Literacy Day

September 07, 2020

How Room to Read and MetLife Foundation Support Girls' Education Across Asia

August 28, 2020

A 'generational catastrophe': 24 million children will never return to school post-Covid, UN warns

August 13, 2020

Al Jazeera English interview: Heather Simpson on Room to Read's work during COVID-19 school closures

August 13, 2020

Room to Read's Global COVID-19 Response: Initial Results

July 29, 2020

Euronews Interview: Laurie McMahon Discusses Girls' Education Risk Indicator

July 13, 2020

‘Some girls have already married early’: Young women at risk of never going back to school in Africa and Asia amid coronavirus crisis

July 10, 2020

Room to Read COO Nicole Sayres writes for Tech For Impact on the impact of tech on education

June 29, 2020

Making Way for All Voices to be Heard

Christabel Pinto | June 12, 2020

Donor Spotlight: Elle Chassin

June 10, 2020

4 Ways Room to Read is Bridging the Digital Divide in South Asia during the COVID-19 Crisis

Meenal Sarda | June 08, 2020

Room to Read Statement on Black Lives Matter

June 08, 2020

BBC World Service interview Room to Read's Sri Lanka Country Director

June 02, 2020

Room to Read interviewed by BBC Woman's Hour

May 19, 2020

Comic Relief supporting Room to Read in Bangladesh

May 18, 2020

Education Endures: How Room to Read is Benefiting Children During the COVID-19 Crisis

May 12, 2020

How the World Might Change for the Better After Coronavirus

May 07, 2020

Room to Read Releases Hundreds of Free Online Children’s Books During COVID-19 School Closures Alongside Celebrity Video Read-Alouds

May 06, 2020

Room to Read Joins The Call to Unite with Julia Roberts and Prajakta Koli

April 30, 2020

COVID-19: Girls Face Risks to Their Futures But Women Mentors Bring Support

April 29, 2020

Education in crisis: why girls will pay the highest price in the COVID-19 pandemic

April 23, 2020

3 Ways to Keep Your Kids Engaged in Reading with Room to Read’s Literacy Cloud

April 06, 2020

Fact or Fiction? Children Want Their Non-Fiction Books, Adults May Be Their Barriers

Heather Simpson, Chief Program Officer | April 01, 2020

BBC Radio: Dr. Geetha Murali on the COVID-19 Education Crisis

March 27, 2020

How Room to Read is Responding to COVID-19

Geetha Murali | March 18, 2020

Creators for Change on Girls' Education

March 17, 2020

Five Ways to Make Decodable Stories Fun

By Kerri Thomsen | March 12, 2020

Room to Read Announces New Board of Directors Chair

March 12, 2020

Fraternity members help elementary school kids learn to love reading

March 09, 2020

Ending illiteracy begins with children seeing themselves in books

March 05, 2020

How Life Skills Help This Girls' Education Grad in Daily Life

March 01, 2020

Room to Read Unveils Its First Children’s Books in Filipino Language

February 28, 2020

With Oral Language Intervention, Comes New Love for Reading

February 21, 2020

Room to Read Chosen as Charity Partner for 2020 Jungfrau Marathon

By Jürgen Bauer, Chairman of the Development Board, Switzerland | February 12, 2020

Room to Read Named Community Benefactor of Choice at ETHDenver2020

February 07, 2020

Why Doing Good Is Good Economics

Dr. Geetha Murali | January 03, 2020

Room to Read and the Burger King McLamore Foundation Bring Quality Education to Children Around the World

December 30, 2019

Inside Michelle Obama & Julia Roberts' Emotional Day with Vietnamese Schoolgirls: 'I Will Never Recover'

December 09, 2019

This is What the End of Impossible Looks Like

December 08, 2019

What Happens When Girls Learn How to Save

4 minute read | December 05, 2019

Non-fiction comes to light - A golden step by Room to Read

November 29, 2019

Pulse: Room to Read Sri Lanka Expands to Non-Fiction

November 20, 2019

Daily Mirror Sri Lanka: Non-fiction comes to light

November 19, 2019

Meet Yashodha from Sri Lanka

November 11, 2019

For Chenchu in India, Storytime Thrives Beyond the Library

November 04, 2019

Why This Sri Lankan Teacher & Student Love Our Literacy Program

November 04, 2019

Meet Kalpana from India

November 01, 2019

Campaign to bridge gender gap with literacy & life skills

October 27, 2019

3 Reasons Room to Read Prioritizes Partnership with Government

Meenal Sarda, Associate Director of Room to Read’s Literacy Program | October 21, 2019

Atlassian software supremo made a rare public appearance in Sydney

October 18, 2019

Let’s Commit to Teachers and Give them the Professional Development they Deserve

Christabel Pinto and Mary Burns | October 07, 2019

Inside the Life Skills Evaluation

October 05, 2019

Meet Hawa: Girls' Education Program Graduate & Aspiring Policymaker

October 01, 2019

Meet Sony from Siem Reap

October 01, 2019

Four Pillars of Success for Nonprofit CEO Successions

By Erin Ganju and Dr. Geetha Murali | September 21, 2019

Room to Read Board Member Competes in Ironman for Quality Education

September 07, 2019

Greta and Maiden: Two Legends in the USA

August 31, 2019

Join Room to Read's Book Club for a Better World

August 18, 2019

The Gospel of Wealth

August 11, 2019

Meet the Staff: Room to Read's COO, Nicole Sayres

July 29, 2019

Scaling Quality Literacy Programs Across India

July 01, 2019

Feminist Father in India Lights the Way for Gender Equality

June 16, 2019

These 3 Nepali Fathers Want More Gender-Equal Communities

Shriluna Shrestha, Communications Officer, Nepal | June 14, 2019

On Father’s Day, A Tribute to Men who Seek a Gender Equal World

Dr. Geetha Murali | June 13, 2019

Libraries Changing the Margins of the World

June 06, 2019

The First in Her Family to Go to School, Mereena is Changing Her Family's Trajectory

June 01, 2019

Three Ways to Maximize A Pro Bono Partnership

By Julie Sims, Sr. Director, Marketing & Communications, Room to Read | June 01, 2019

Callan Farris Announces Philanthropic Commitment to Global Education as Room to Read Ambassador

May 22, 2019

Room to Read's New York Gala Unlocks Endless Possibilities for 64,000 Children

May 17, 2019

Amber Tamblyn and Credit Suisse Honored at Room to Read 2019 New York Gala; Performances by Wyclef Jean and DJ Switch Ghana

May 17, 2019

Inside Sri Lanka: Mothers Who Migrate

Umeshi Rajeendra, Room to Read Sri Lanka | May 03, 2019

Join Room to Read at CIES

April 15, 2019

Meet Thuy: An Inspiration to Her Community in Vietnam

April 10, 2019

With Global Partnerships Comes System-Level, Educational Change in Vietnam

April 08, 2019

3 Things Room to Read Gets Right About Reading that Many American Schools Get Wrong

Kerri Thomsen, Associate Director of Room to Read's Literacy Program | April 01, 2019

Inspired Professor Bikes 400+ miles for Vietnam Libraries

April 01, 2019

Hear Why Nobel Prize-Winning Economist, Dr. Richard Thaler, Advocates for Gender Equality

March 29, 2019

Room to Read Recognized with Thirteenth Charity Navigator 4-Star Rating

March 21, 2019

Room to Read Announces Appointments to Board of Directors

March 13, 2019

How To Unlock Your Hidden Superhero

Dr. Geetha Murali | March 07, 2019

How To Unlock Your Hidden Superhero

March 07, 2019

A woman’s place in a digital world

February 28, 2019

Sage Customer Shari Freedman on what "return on mission" means

February 20, 2019

Meet Dzung: a Program Graduate Turned Successful Vietnamese Businesswoman

February 01, 2019

Thank You for Traveling with a Purpose

January 23, 2019

Room to Read Appoints Nicole Sayres as Chief Operating Officer

January 11, 2019

Dedicate Your New Year's Resolution to Room to Read

January 01, 2019

Why Partnerships Are The Answer to Quality Education for All Children

Dr. Geetha Murali | December 20, 2018

Why Partnerships Are The Answer to Quality Education for All Children

December 20, 2018

Celebrating a Ten-Year Game-changing Partnership with Credit Suisse

November 30, 2018

6 Room to Read Partners We're Thankful For

November 28, 2018

BBC Business Matters with John Wood

November 21, 2018

Change Through Education

November 14, 2018

Books and Bold Decisions

November 13, 2018

Why This MetLife Director Laced Up for Quality Education

November 07, 2018

5 Ways Room to Read is Improving the State of Education in Sri Lanka

Umeshi Rajeendra, Room to Read Sri Lanka | November 01, 2018

Reading, the Reason Ragini Smiles

Charulata Biswas, Room to Read India | October 31, 2018

Dr. Geetha Murali, CEO of Room to Read

October 27, 2018

Girls Learn More in School Than We Often Assume

October 26, 2018

Why More Girls Need To Negotiate And The Role We Play As Leaders

Dr. Geetha Murali | October 22, 2018

Why More Girls Need To Negotiate And The Role We Play As Leaders

Geetha Murali | October 22, 2018

John Wood Blew Up His Life To Change The World

October 15, 2018

Female Powerhouses Susan Wojcicki, Anne Wojcicki and Lilly Singh Support Room to Read’s Girls’ Education Program on International Day of the Girl

October 12, 2018

"At the End of the Day, We're All Just Teenage Girls"

October 11, 2018

YouTube, 23andMe CEOs advocate for women's education on Day of the Girl

October 11, 2018

These Room to Read Supporters Turned Prom Dress Shopping into a Fundraiser for Gender Equality

October 06, 2018

Witnessing the Impact of Life Skills First Hand

October 06, 2018

Room to Read to Benefit 1.1 Million Children Through Literacy as a 2018 Goalkeepers Accelerator

October 03, 2018

Meet Shannon David, Room to Read's Annual Fund Manager

October 02, 2018

5 Ways to be a Great Mentor

September 29, 2018

6 Terrific Books for Getting Girls Into Tech

September 18, 2018

Room to Read Partners with Maiden Factor in a Global Collaborative Girls’ Education Campaign

September 12, 2018

This will make you smile: A Room to Read Love Story

September 07, 2018

Australian Education Advocates Challenge 50 Schools to Support 50 Girls

September 04, 2018

7 Books that Challenge the Way You Look at the World

September 01, 2018

Books can rewire our brains, and connect us all

Geetha Murali | September 01, 2018

No one had ever told Phimya she was equal to others – until now

4 minute read | August 31, 2018

The Magic of School Libraries in Papua

Joel Bacha | August 31, 2018

Miss Universe Vietnam H’Hen Niê Announces Philanthropic Commitment to Global Education as Room to Read Ambassador

August 13, 2018

The Nepalese Girls Who Lost Their Childhoods

August 09, 2018

Why Hong Kong's Top Executives Run for Room to Read

1 MINUTE READ | August 01, 2018

Are you Faster than the CEO of Atlassian? Find out at Sydney's Fastest Executive Race.

July 31, 2018

Spotlight on Life Skills: When Menstruation is Taboo

July 23, 2018

Room to Read celebrates Nelson Mandela’s birthday with 65,000 storybooks

July 18, 2018

4 Things You Need to Know about Education in South Africa

3 MINUTE READ | July 17, 2018

3 Ways We're Extending Nelson Mandela's REACH

2 MINUTE READ | July 09, 2018

Five books Room to Read founder can’t live without: John Wood’s must-reads for a desert island

July 07, 2018

Garbiñe Muguruza Establishes Library in Cambodia as Room to Read Ambassador

June 29, 2018

6 Things You Should Know on World Refugee Day

Lessons from bringing Arabic story books to Jordan’s children and refugees. | June 20, 2018

BBC Discusses Today's Refugee Crisis with Room to Read Founder, John Wood

June 20, 2018

Meet Neema: a Social Mobilizer in Tanzania

Neema Victor, social mobilizer | June 14, 2018

In a Refugee Crisis, These Arabic Children's Books can Connect the World

Julie Elis, Director of Room to Read Accelerator | June 09, 2018

Experiencing a New Culture Through a Child's Eyes

June 07, 2018

The Secret to Meghan’s Glow

4 minute read | June 04, 2018

Room to Read co-founder on trip that sowed the seeds of charity 20 years ago, and the schoolchildren, especially girls, it has helped

May 23, 2018

Geetha Murali, CEO of Room to Read, Joins Denver Frederick

May 21, 2018

Ashanti Offers Advice All Women Can Use In Their Careers, No Matter Their Profession

May 21, 2018

Samantha Barry and Jamie Forese Honored as Game Changers at Room to Read 2018 New York Gala; Performance by Grammy Award Winner Ashanti

May 18, 2018

Room to Read's New York Gala Changes the Game for 60,000 Children

May 18, 2018

Ashanti on Room to Read at 2018 New York Gala

May 18, 2018

Here’s Why Sending Books To Underprivileged Children Can Change The World

May 18, 2018

Kimberly Vandenberg Announces Philanthropic Commitment to Global Education as Room to Read Ambassador

May 11, 2018

Every child needs education and a “Room to Read” to achieve success

May 08, 2018

A time for every purpose

May 03, 2018

5 Reasons Children Need More Non-Fiction Books

April 30, 2018

3 Ways Girls' Mentors Become Second Family

3 MINUTE READ | April 28, 2018
April 26, 2018

Room to Read Recognized with Twelfth Charity Navigator 4-Star Rating

April 23, 2018

Going Beyond Books

April 23, 2018

Room to Read Co-Founder Erin Ganju and Chief Innovation Officer Cory Heyman Publish First Book

April 16, 2018

Meet the Authors of Scaling Global Change

April 14, 2018

With 100 Books per Year, this Reading Star Soars

April 06, 2018

Finding Purpose in Room to Read

April 03, 2018

A Glimpse into the History of Room to Read's Girls' Education Program

March 23, 2018

John Wood On How To Turn Social Impact Into A Startup’s Competitive Advantage

March 16, 2018

Room to Read Announces John Ridding, CEO of the Financial Times Group, as Board Chairman

March 14, 2018

Michelle Obama Talks To A Girl From Nepal About Why Education Is Vital

March 08, 2018

A new boys’ club, where girls are welcome

March 07, 2018

Five ways Room to Read teaches girls to protect their bodies and themselves

March 01, 2018

Room to Read Appoints Laurie McMahon as Chief Development and Communications Officer

February 20, 2018

He gave up Microsoft job to give kids Room to Read

February 18, 2018

Room to Read collaborates with Google to develop Indonesia's reading culture

February 09, 2018

Chef Richard Blais Shares Healthy Recipes with Room to Read Resolutioners

4 MINUTE READ | January 31, 2018

Hong Kong philanthropist John Wood on how big business can do good and make money

January 30, 2018

Better Business Support for Early-stage Social Enterprises

January 30, 2018

Weekend Read: John Wood

January 28, 2018

Geetha Murali, CEO of Room to Read

January 26, 2018

Room to Read Founder John Wood: A new way to look at the mission of capitalism

January 25, 2018
January 17, 2018

Impact with John Wood

January 13, 2018

Room to Read Increases Fundraising By Bringing Champions On Board

Kathleen Kelly Janus | January 09, 2018

Thank You for an Incredible 2017!

December 23, 2017

Room to Read Propels Literacy in Indonesia with Support from Google.org

December 15, 2017

Room to Read Welcomes New Cambodia & Vietnam Country Directors

December 12, 2017

10 Active for Education Heroes of 2017

December 12, 2017

Dr. Geetha Murali Appointed Chief Executive Officer of Room to Read; Erin Ganju to Transition to Emeritus Board

December 11, 2017

Classy Is Solving a Global Problem

December 07, 2017

The most generous time of the year is getting a boost from San Diego's Classy

December 07, 2017

Meet the Team: Ruksana Sultana, Girls’ Education Program Manager of Bangladesh

December 05, 2017

Staff Travels: Witnessing our Work in India First Hand

Mahvish Khan | December 05, 2017

Using Life Skills to Break Tradition of Bonded Labor

Shriluna Shrestha | November 22, 2017

Room to Read Donors Experience an Unforgettable Site Visit in Vietnam

November 21, 2017

How Saluom Became an Inspiration to her Village

November 14, 2017

A New Lesson to Teach Refugees

November 14, 2017

Room to Read Partners with Jordan’s Children’s Book Industry, Distributes 600,000 Copies of 20 New Arabic Children’s Book Titles to Jordanian Students and Refugee Youth Across Country

November 12, 2017

Nepali Student Inspires Mother's Newfound Love for Storybooks

November 06, 2017

WATCH: Top Chef: All-Stars Winner Richard Blais Will Race His 5th NYC Marathon This Sunday

November 02, 2017

Room to Read Celebrates Programmatic Milestones: 20,000 Communities Impacted Through Literacy Program and 50,000 Girls Supported Through Girls’ Education Program

November 01, 2017

Celebrity chef Richard Blais to run New York City Marathon for global education

October 31, 2017

Richard Blais Gets Active for Education with Room to Read at TCS New York City Marathon

October 30, 2017

How to make kids' eyes grow wide as pizzas with books

October 29, 2017

Partnering with Government: Sharing Best Practices with Grenada

October 21, 2017

Benchmarking Reading Fluency in Bangladesh

October 16, 2017

Vietnam Government Creates 250+ Libraries from Room to Read Model

October 13, 2017

Measuring Life Skills in Cambodia

October 12, 2017

Hungry for Change, Devina Rose to New Heights

October 10, 2017

Opening Minds and Doors: Creating the Next Generation of Female Role Models

Lucina Di Meco, Director, Girls’ Education Program, Room to Read | October 10, 2017

Dilshad Vadsaria Announces Philanthropic Commitment to Global Education as Room to Read Ambassador

September 27, 2017

Intelligent Design - To be smart a city must first be educated

John Wood | September 26, 2017

Lao Principal Brings New Life to Literacy Program

September 13, 2017

Life Kept Knocking Her Down, but this Twelfth Grader Refused to Give Up

September 07, 2017

On International Literacy Day: Why Literacy is The Most Powerful Weapon Against Injustice

Heather Simpson, Chief Program Officer, Room to Read | September 06, 2017

Wimbledon Champ, Garbiñe Muguruza, Gives Advice to Young Girls with Big Dreams

September 06, 2017

How our Family History Led us to Monthly Giving

Geetha Murali, Chief Communications and Development Officer, Room to Read | September 05, 2017

Khmer Rouge Survivors Shed Light on the Power of Literacy

September 05, 2017

An Open Letter from Erin Ganju

Erin Ganju | September 01, 2017

Melbourne Book Club Gets Active for Education & Raises $20,000 for Two New Libraries

August 30, 2017

Students' Love for Books Leads to Surge in Home Libraries

August 29, 2017

A Day in the Life of a Social Mobilizer

August 13, 2017

Witnessing the Gift of Education in Rural Vietnam

Alicia Procello, President, Avery Dennison Foundation | August 05, 2017

5 Ways Room to Read is Improving Worldwide Literacy

August 03, 2017

Room to Read Accelerator Explores Visual Storytelling in Jordan

August 02, 2017

Wimbledon Champ & Room to Read Ambassador Garbiñe Muguruza on Chelsea Show

July 27, 2017

It's Time to Get Active for Education.

July 11, 2017

Turning South African Readers into Tomorrow’s Leaders

July 10, 2017

Sharing the joy of reading with others : John Wood shows how books can change the world

July 05, 2017

Rajasthan Girl Garners the Power to Negotiate for a New Life

June 27, 2017

Room to Read Accelerator Brings 500,000 Arabic Children’s Books to Jordanian Students & Syrian Refugees

June 20, 2017

On the occasion of our last Father's Day together

John Wood | June 12, 2017

This CEO Knows What It’s Like for Men to Take Credit for Her Ideas

June 05, 2017

Room to Read Founder John Wood: The Entrepreneurs Eureka

June 02, 2017

Garbiñe Muguruza Announces Philanthropic Commitment to Global Education as Room to Read Ambassador

June 01, 2017

Tennis Star, Garbiñe Muguruza, Gets Active for Education

June 01, 2017

Room to Read Founder John Wood: Charlie Rose

May 31, 2017

John Wood on Radio Azad

May 22, 2017

Meet the Team: Christine Beggs, New Senior Director of Research Monitoring and Evaluation

May 19, 2017

8 Indonesian Titles Featured in Singapore Festival's Illustrator Gallery

May 19, 2017

See inside the epic Manhattan party honoring Goldman Sachs and Diddy

May 19, 2017

BBC Business Matters

May 18, 2017

Meet the Team: Christabel Pinto, New Global Literacy Director

May 18, 2017

Room to Read Chapter Leaders Visit San Francisco for Annual Conference

May 18, 2017

Breaking the poverty trap through education

May 16, 2017

Literacy Reroutes Family's Chain of Child Labor

May 13, 2017

Room to Read's Star-Studded NY Gala Raises $2.8 million for Programs in India

May 12, 2017

Sean “Diddy” Combs and David M. Solomon Honored by Room to Read for Impact on Global Education at 2017 New York Gala

May 12, 2017

Vietnam Mother Shakes Doubt for Daughters Dreams

Ngan Bui | May 11, 2017

Room to Read Recognized with Charity Navigator 4-Star Rating and Adaptive Torchie Award

May 08, 2017

A Supermom of Sri Lanka: In Her Own Words

Reported by Umeshi Rajeendra | May 05, 2017

Breaking the Cycle of Illiteracy for the Love of Books

April 26, 2017

Erin Ganju Recognized with Young Presidents’ Organization Global Impact Legacy Honor

April 24, 2017

2 Years Post-Quake Nepali School Opens New Classrooms

Shriluna Shrestha | April 20, 2017

The Youngest Child, the First to Graduate

Ngan Bui | April 19, 2017

TATCHA + Room to Read — A Beautiful Partnership to Educate Girls Globally

April 14, 2017

It Takes a Village to Build a Library

April 05, 2017

10 reasons Room to Read students love library time

April 03, 2017

Chief Executives Network Honors Erin Ganju's Commitment to Making a Difference

March 29, 2017

Meet the Team: Lucina Di-Meco, New Director of Girls' Education Programs

March 29, 2017

How Beauty Brand Tatcha Became a Philanthropic Success Story

March 29, 2017

Meet the team: Associate Research Manager, Karna Ray

March 28, 2017

Life Skills Give Girls Real World Tools for Success

March 28, 2017

Room to Read India Recognized with Two Media Awards for Children’s Rights and Gender Sensitivity

March 23, 2017

Business Matters

March 23, 2017

Like Sheryl Sandberg, We Encourage Girls to Lean In

March 17, 2017

TATCHA Reaches 1 million days of education with Room to Read

March 16, 2017

4th Grader Raises $3k for Bangladeshi Students

March 15, 2017

Room to Read Announces New Board Appointments: Andrew Balls, Carl Huttenlocher and Dr. Elizabeth M. King Join Board

March 13, 2017

Vietnam Summer Camp Readies Girls for Next Stage in Life

Ngan Bui | March 06, 2017

Chimamanda Adichie Discusses Diversity in Children's Books

March 03, 2017

Thirumagal Beat the Odds to #BeBoldForChange

February 27, 2017

Student Success: Looking Beyond Tertiary School

Umeshi Rajeendra | February 21, 2017

Meet the team: Accounting & Finance Manager, Charles Mgoya

February 20, 2017

A Courageous Student in Delhi Inspires Social Change

February 14, 2017

National Girl Child Day puts focus on kids living on the edge

January 25, 2017

Room to Read's CEO Thinks Globally, Hires Locally

January 12, 2017

Room to Read Accelerator’s First Book Project Sweeps KidsTime Author Awards

December 16, 2016

Dubai Cares & Room to Read Partner in Post-Earthquake Recovery Efforts in Nepal

December 15, 2016

7th Graders Aim High with $20k Library Fundraiser

December 14, 2016

Room to Read Creates an Innovative Tool to Measure Girls’ Life Skills

December 14, 2016

How Roshanara Changed Her Story

December 12, 2016

Proud Father Invests in his Daughter’s Dreams

December 05, 2016

Sri Lankan Girl Forges New Path into Top University

December 01, 2016

Together we can #ChangeTheirStory

November 29, 2016

The Nonprofit Using Scavenger Hunts to Research Girls' Education

November 21, 2016

Room to Read and IKEA Foundation Make Learning Fun For 93,000 Children in Bangladesh and Indonesia

November 20, 2016

Turning Classrooms into Playgrounds with the IKEA Foundation

Geetha Murali | November 20, 2016

Sri Lanka Soars in Words Per Minute

November 03, 2016

Growing a Love of Reading in South Africa

November 03, 2016

A Veteran Teacher Perfects Her Style

November 03, 2016

Vietnam’s Girls’ Education Class of 2014: Where Are They Now?

November 03, 2016

Measuring the Effectiveness of a Life Skills Education

November 03, 2016

Room to Read Accelerator Partners Win KidsTime Author Awards

October 18, 2016

Multiyear Strategizing at This Year’s Country Management Conference

October 18, 2016

An Early Warning System in Tanzania Helps Girls Succeed

October 10, 2016

Strictly for charity: Ed Balls to give £70,000 dance lesson

October 06, 2016

The Morning Show with Martin Strong

October 05, 2016

Evenings with Kirk LaPointe

October 05, 2016

The Story Behind Room to Read’s New Website

October 03, 2016

The 9 Reading Habits That Will Ensure Success For Your Child

September 30, 2016

Bringing a Love of Science to Cambodia’s Rural Students

August 27, 2016

What Every Aspiring Female CEO Can Learn From Hillary Clinton

Eric Ganju | August 18, 2016

John Wood Awarded Dr. Dilli Raman Regmi International Peace Award by Nepalese Ministry of Education

August 01, 2016

Room to Read Recognized With Charity Navigator 4-Star Rating And NGO Advisor Top NGO Ranking

July 01, 2016

For Room to Read, Quality Children’s Books Start in the Writers’ Workshop

June 29, 2016

The Fourth Industrial Revolution is doomed, unless we get this right

June 23, 2016

From Columnist's Pen to Charity Coffers

June 01, 2016

The 9-Year Old Girl Running a Library for Underprivileged Children

June 01, 2016

A Former Dropout Empowers Tanzanian Girls to Stay in School

May 27, 2016

How Her Mother Inspired Nirupa to Beat the Odds

May 08, 2016

An ex-Google investor is aiming to raise $1 million by getting tech workers to ditch their laptops and cycle hundreds of miles

May 04, 2016

A Year After the Nepal Earthquake, a Survivor Finds Strength at School

April 22, 2016

A year after deadly earthquake, impatient Nepalis take rebuilding into their own hands

April 22, 2016

Help girls around the world receive a safe, quality education

April 14, 2016

How to Read to Children: Why Training Teachers Matters

April 01, 2016

Room to Read Welcomes Heather Simpson As New Chief Program Officer

March 21, 2016

Room to Read Celebrates International Women’s Day With Groundbreaking Private Investments In Girls’ Education

March 08, 2016

One Child, One Classroom, One Community: Why Influencing a Culture of Reading Could Help Solve the Global Education Crisis

March 07, 2016

Room to Read Announces New Board Appointments

March 03, 2016

Alumni Spotlight: From SEI to Room to Read

March 01, 2016

How Fun in the Library Leads to a Habit of Reading

February 26, 2016

Guest Blogger: How Opening Tabs for a Cause Launched a Library in Vietnam

February 17, 2016

What Happens When You Take Girls’ Education in Laos Beyond the Classroom?

January 27, 2016

John Wood: 'I had to get out of Microsoft and make education for the world's poorest children my job'

January 19, 2016

“Sam Sat on a Mat” and Other Books That Boost Literacy and Help Children Jump-Start a Habit of Reading

December 19, 2015

The Easiest Way to Grow Your Business

Eric Ganju | November 30, 2015

The man who radically changed millions of children's lives

November 25, 2015

Room to Read Uncovers 10 Key Findings On Global Education

November 17, 2015

Erin Ganju: What We’ve Learned Works in Global Education After Educating 10 Million Children

Eric Ganju | November 17, 2015

Room to Read Announces New Appointments to Board of Directors

November 16, 2015

PLPM Interview John Wood Founder of Room to Read

November 14, 2015

John Wood: My Three-Phrase Philosophy for Changing the World Through Education

November 13, 2015

The Power of Literacy

November 13, 2015

#ThankstoEducation My Students are Prepared for the Next Grade

November 13, 2015

#ThankstoEducation I See a Future for the Girls in My Community

November 12, 2015

#ThankstoEducation I Won’t Take ‘No’ for an Answer

November 11, 2015

#ThankstoEducation I Can Create Books to Inspire Many Generations

November 10, 2015

#ThankstoEducation We Can Help Our Children Reach Their Dreams

November 09, 2015

#ThankstoEducation the Earthquake Did Not Take Away Our Hope

November 08, 2015

#ThankstoEducation I Can Use My Skills to Encourage Kids to Read

November 07, 2015

#ThankstoEducation I Can Teach Girls the Skills They Need to Make Key Life Decisions

November 06, 2015

#ThankstoEducation I Love School and Refuse to Play Soccer When I Should Be in Class!

November 05, 2015

#ThankstoEducation I Can Change My Family’s Destiny for the Better

November 04, 2015

How Two Girls from Sri Lanka’s Plantation Slums Went From Dropping Out of School to Passing on Their Love of Learning

November 04, 2015

Guest Blogger: Thanks to Education, We Love Books

October 27, 2015

The Man Teaching the World's Kids to Read

October 26, 2015

How a Boy’s First Trip Across the Mekong Delta Will Help Grow Children’s Book Publishing in Vietnam

October 15, 2015

Library builder's monument of books

October 14, 2015

International Day of the Girl: Meet Shabnam Whose Courage Has Inspired Hundreds of Girls in Her Community to Get an Education

October 09, 2015

Susan Wojcicki Tries to Close the Book on Global Illiteracy With Nonprofit

October 06, 2015

Helping Some of the Most Vulnerable Girls in Bangladesh Do the Impossible

October 01, 2015

Meet Two Young Vietnamese Authors Who Created an Award-Winning Children’s Book in Two Weeks

September 07, 2015

As a Child, Reading Meant Getting a Lashing if She Made a Mistake. Now Nomonde Ensures Fun, Safe Reading Experiences for Kids in South Africa

August 26, 2015
August 11, 2015

How These Two Cambodian Schoolgirls Became Inspiring Role Models for Other Girls — and Kept Them From Dropping Out

July 30, 2015

Hong Kong helps Nepal: five ways to 'build back better' after quakes

John Wood | July 17, 2015

Hong Kong helps Nepal: quake-damaged schools wait to rebuild

July 15, 2015

Hong Kong helps Nepal: quake wrecked homes but not dreams of education

John Wood | July 14, 2015

Hong Kong helps Nepal: NGO founder fears what quake impact he'll find

John Wood | July 13, 2015

Even When the Landslide Came, the Villagers Continued to Build

June 18, 2015

What 'Star Wars' can teach you about the importance of mentorship

June 17, 2015

Morning News BC, Global News

June 17, 2015

How You Can Graduate From Primary School and Still Be Illiterate

May 21, 2015

Room to Read Earns Ninth Consecutive Charity Navigator 4-Star Rating

May 20, 2015

Why this CEO ditched Corporate America to launch a nonprofit

Eric Ganju | May 14, 2015

Meet the team: Research, Monitoring and Evaluation Expert Peter Cooper

May 12, 2015

From Hong Kong to Cambodia— Katie Couric's Photo Tour of Asia

May 08, 2015

She Didn’t Know It Was Her Wedding Day

May 07, 2015

Dear Media: Aim Lower By John Wood, Founder, Room to Read

May 04, 2015

Dear Media: Aim Lower

John Wood | May 04, 2015

Blend Ambition

May 01, 2015

Room to Read founder talks about destruction in Nepal, CNN Newsroom

May 01, 2015

Nepal Earthquake: Update from Room to Read Founders

April 29, 2015

Not Even Her Parents Burning Her Textbooks Could Keep This Woman From Becoming A Teacher

April 16, 2015

A “Life-Defining” Exam

April 16, 2015

Breaking The Cycle of Poverty

April 10, 2015

For International Children's Book Day: The Story of a Cricket and Dragon

April 03, 2015

First Lady Of The United States Michelle Obama And First Lady Of Cambodia Bun Rany Meet With Students From Room to Read’s Girls’ Education Program

March 23, 2015

The villagers tell her she’s aiming too high, but First Lady Michelle Obama tells her: “Ignore them.”

March 22, 2015

Michelle Obama Promotes Girls' Education in Cambodia

March 21, 2015

Michelle Obama visits Cambodia for 'Let Girls Learn' Asia trip

March 21, 2015

The Results Are In: Libraries Matter.

March 14, 2015

Room to Read’S School Libraries Improve Reading Habits

March 09, 2015

Room to Read: Transforming Lives Through Education

March 05, 2015

Room to Read Wins 2015 In2 Sabre Award For Best Psa

February 26, 2015

Now This Girl Knows How to Handle a Street-Harasser

February 24, 2015

The perfect job doesn't exist, so focus on this instead

February 23, 2015

I Have A Crush on You (And you don’t need to know that.) by Thùy Cốm

February 03, 2015

Equality in Education

February 01, 2015

After Devastating Flood in Nepal, Room to Read Team Bands Together to Bring Relief

January 28, 2015

Woman's Hour

January 28, 2015

WEF Davos 2015 Interview Erin Ganju, Hub Culture

January 28, 2015

Taking Children Seriously: The World's Children's Prize

January 28, 2015

DO NOT READ THIS.

January 25, 2015

How Charities Will Raise Money in 2015

January 22, 2015

The Right to Choose, Davos 2015 The New Global Context

Eric Ganju | January 22, 2015

The Right to Choose By Erin Ganju, co-founder and CEO Room to Read

January 21, 2015

“The Little One” Finds Her Voice

January 19, 2015

The Art of Learning to Read: How A Little Frog Named Chek-Chek May Have Changed a Girl’s Future

January 09, 2015

Because of You…

January 08, 2015

They Called Her a “Night Girl,” But She Refused To Drop Out

Shelly Dee | December 30, 2014

Is Literacy a “Legitimate” Issue in Light of Problems Like Hunger?

Patricia Andrews Fearon | December 29, 2014

Baz Luhrmann celebrates Christmas at Barneys, Vogue Australia

December 14, 2014

The Bravest Girls in the World

December 14, 2014

Heal the World, Make it a Better Place, Family & Life

December 14, 2014

Why You May Care More About Education Than You Realize, Huffington Post

December 14, 2014

She was pressured to marry at age 14, but Shwapna wanted a different future

December 09, 2014

Fighting for the Right to an Education - VIDEO: Philip's Story

November 20, 2014

John Wood Announced As 2014 World’S Children’s Prize Honorary Laureate

October 29, 2014

A Small Miracle

October 22, 2014

Literacy advocate wins Rubenstein prize, but teaching the world to read remains a challenge

October 10, 2014

Networking in Lycra While Biking From Paris to London, Bloomberg TV

October 10, 2014

VIDEO: The story of a girl worth celebrating on this International Day of the Girl

October 10, 2014

Why Invest in Teachers?

October 06, 2014

It's Time to Celebrate Booktober!!

October 01, 2014

Room to Read Earns Young Presidents' Organization SEN Philanthropy Award

September 22, 2014

More Than Good Advice

September 18, 2014

A Challenge for Do-Gooders: Do Not Read This

September 08, 2014

Barneys' Holiday Program

September 08, 2014

Room to Read Recognized With 2014 Library Of Congress Literacy Award

August 30, 2014

A Passionate Teacher Pays It Forward

August 29, 2014

Guest Blog: Why Stories Matter

August 14, 2014

Why Data Matters for These Children Learning to Read

August 04, 2014

The Annual Report Like You've Never Seen it Before

July 25, 2014

11 Books For the Global Reader

July 18, 2014

Whatever Comes At Her, She's Not Afraid Anymore

July 14, 2014

Room to Read: spreading opportunity, one page at a time

July 09, 2014

He was a teacher in Soweto during the student uprising: Here's what he has to say about South Africa's struggle for education

June 20, 2014

Austin Couple Turns Loss of Son into 10 Room to Read Libraries

June 15, 2014

What could the world be like if everyone had a dad like this?

June 15, 2014

Video Blog: The Story of Cricket & Dragon

June 05, 2014

Becoming a Social Leader: Insights from Room to Read Founder, John Wood

May 30, 2014

Graduate of the Year

May 25, 2014

New York Times' Nick Kristof Visits Phung in Vietnam

May 23, 2014

This Smart Girl Says Thank You

May 22, 2014

Ronan Farrow Daily, MSNBC

May 22, 2014

Geetha Murali: Can the Power of Play Re-Invent the Classroom?

Geetha Murali | May 14, 2014

Celebrating Our Most Important Teachers... Moms!

May 11, 2014

She snuck out to take exams after her parents burned her books…twice.

May 06, 2014

Educating the World's Children

May 01, 2014

Asia Business Report, BBC

May 01, 2014

Why You May Care More About Education Than You Realize

May 01, 2014

Can the Magic of Teaching be Taught?

April 24, 2014

Passing the Torch in Zambia: Let's Talk About Sustainability

April 10, 2014

Erin Ganju: Flaunt Your Flaws: Why NGOs Need Transparency to Thrive

April 04, 2014

Flaunt Your Flaws: Why Transparency Can Boost Business for NGOs

Eric Ganju | March 28, 2014

1000 Book Titles By the Numbers

March 28, 2014

Room to Read Announces Board Appointments

March 27, 2014

Erin Ganju Selected As 2014 Social Entrepreneur Of The Year

March 24, 2014

Show and Tell: Boys and Girls Celebrate Women in Laos

March 20, 2014

A Mixture of Humor, Marvelous and Loneliness

March 13, 2014

Empowering India's Youth through Literacy

Geetha Murali | March 09, 2014

Financial Times and Room to Read raise $3,324,000 at ninth annual fundraising event in Hong Kong

March 07, 2014

A New Script for Women: Education Over Adversity

March 06, 2014

International Women’s Day: Dreaming of Olympic Gold in Nepal

March 04, 2014

Drum Beats. Chanting. Dancing. We Now Welcome Our Esteemed Guest…BOOKS!

February 26, 2014

One Community Races Against the Clock (and Weather) in Laos

February 19, 2014

John Wood And Room to Read Nominated For 2014 World's Children's Prize

February 11, 2014

John Wood and Room to Read Nominated for World's Children's Prize

February 11, 2014

Atlassian And Room To Read Have Raised $3M To Help Educate Children In Developing Countries

February 04, 2014

Building Libraries, Building Dreams in Zambia

February 04, 2014