Celebrate International Literacy Day!
Help Room to Read ensure that education continues for the most vulnerable kids. Join the SF Bay Area chapter of Room to Read starting September 1 and culminating on International Literacy Day September 8.
Here’s how you can help raise awareness and funds the San Francisco Bay way:
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Follow Room to Read SF on Facebook , Twitter and Instagram and share our posts to your own feed.
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Sign up for Sunset Beach Yoga on September 8: The wonderful folks at Outdoor Yoga SF are donating some of the proceeds to Room to Read!
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Post a picture of yourself or a friend reading while doing yoga on your favorite social media. And please tag @RoomtoRead_SF and #EducationUnstoppable. Here are some ideas for poses.
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There will be prizes for the strangest background and for the strangest pose! Kendra Scott has generously donated the following:
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Donate $5 or $10. If we can get 100 people to donate $10 we can keep three girls in school for a year!
1.5 billion children and youth are out of school globally due to COVID-19. All 16 countries where Room to Read operates have had localized or nationwide school closures. For many students, this puts them at risk of never returning to complete their education. For young girls, forgoing an education leads to early marriage, sex trafficking, and other forms of exploitation. Room to Read's support is an essential lifeline for these students, and the programs are adapting quickly to meet the changing needs. We need your help to continue this work.
Room to Read was founded on the belief that World Change Starts with Educated Children. We operate in 16 countries throughout Asia and Africa and seek to transform the lives of millions of children by focusing on literacy and gender equality in education.
This year school is looking vastly different both here and around the world as we navigate through COVID-19 and the challenges of providing education safely and effectively.
"Just having great ideas is not enough. Our business is about transforming lives, and we can’t just talk; we have to act." Room to Read CEO Geetha Murali
Room to Read is no stranger to challenging circumstances having worked in post tsunami Sri Lanka and the aftermath of the earthquake in Nepal, sharing our expertise and resources to help restore education.
When COVID-19 closed schools and altered how education was delivered Room to Read acted swiftly to ensure that education endured. We forged new partnerships with local Radio/TV stations allowing us to broadcast our literacy programs, we now contact our students, teachers and parents through direct messaging, and books are accessed on our Literacy Cloud providing access to hundreds of titles in multiple languages.
One of our greatest challenges during Covid -19 is keeping adolescent girls in school. Millions are at risk of not returning from this lengthy absence and it is well documented that when girls are educated, they marry later, earn more, are healthier and build better futures for themselves, their family and their community. We are ensuring the girls we work with stay connected with local, trained female, mentors to help them through this time and continue their studies and life skills training. Together we can help children build resilience and maintain hope for the future.
Volunteer Chapters of Room to Read from across North America are coming together to fundraise for our programs, we hope you will join us and share this with your networks.
The funds raised from Education Unstoppable will ensure that children continue their education and have the materials and assistance they need to succeed. When the pandemic subsides, we look forward to returning to the communities and continuing our regular programming.
With your support we can protect children’s futures making sure education is accessible and safe.
Your support is greatly appreciated.
Price points listed on this campaign represent many of the programs, projects, resources and tools that compose Room to Read’s work every day throughout Asia and Africa. Your gift will be used where and when most needed, allowing us to deliver a comprehensive and holistic approach to education. Your gift, combined with those of other donors.
