Company Info

A. ORGANIZATION PROFILE Room to Read seeks to transform the lives of millions of children in developing countries by focusing on literacy and gender equality in education. Working in collaboration with local communities, partner organizations and governments, we develop literacy skills and a habit of reading among primary school children, and support girls to complete secondary school with the relevant life skills to succeed in school and beyond. We are non-governmental, non-religious and work with many local NGOs and community based organizations to implement our programs. We currently work in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Laos, Nepal, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Vietnam, and Zambia – countries with a desperate lack of resources to educate their children. Since our inception, Room to Read’s worldwide team has impacted over 6 million children by constructing more than 1,600 schools, establishing over 15,000 libraries, publishing 800 new children’s book titles in 11 local languages, and rewarding over 20,000 girls with long-term, holistic scholarships. Room to Read has an annual budget of approximately US$43.7 million and our global staff numbers over 500. Our global headquarters is located in San Francisco, and we have smaller fundraising offices in Delhi, New York, Hong Kong, London, Mumbai, Sydney, and Tokyo. We have an Asia Regional Office located in New Delhi and program offices in Colombo, Dar es Salaam, Dhaka, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Kathmandu, Lusaka, New Delhi, Pretoria, Phnom Penh, and Vientiane. Website: www.roomtoread.org B. ROOM TO READ IN NEPAL In Nepal, as of now, we have supported to establish over 3500 school libraries aiming to create a reading habit of primary school children, published 231 children books for quality materials to read, constructed over 500 schools and supporting to create an enabling learning environment through comprehensive Reading & Writing Instruction program in 240 primary class rooms of 80 schools. Through our Girls Education Program, we have also been providing financial, material, academic & life skills education support to more than 3000 girls from underprivileged families to complete secondary education and beyond. We have been working in a number of districts of Nepal through 9 partner NGOs and we have around 100 staff working in Room to Read. We are at growing stage and thinking to expand our coverage more in future.