Room to Read

World Change Starts with Educated Children.®

Room to Read is an innovative non-profit leader dedicated to promoting and enabling global education. Founded in 2000, the organization is based on the belief that education is crucial to breaking the cycle of poverty in the developing world. Since then, the organization has supported over three million children by providing increased access to higher-quality educational opportunities. Room to Read has catalyzed the construction of more than 800 schools, established over 7,500 bilingual libraries with 6 million books, and continues to support the education of moe than 8,000 girls. Room to Read is providing opportunities that change children's lives and communities throughout Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Laos, Nepal, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Vietnam and Zambia.

1. Room to Read is creating a global educational movement to break the cycle of poverty in the developing world.