An Overview
Room To Read is a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide children in the developing world with an opportunity to gain the lifelong gift of education and help them break free from the cycle of poverty. Room To Read has already established over 7,000 libraries and 760 schools for children in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
Clinical Research Dental is proud to be associated with this wonderful organization through our sponsorship of a new school in Dibyapuri, Nepal.
There are more than 770 million illiterate adults in the world, two-thirds of whom are women and girls. In addition, there are over 100 million children not currently enrolled in primary school and millions of others not currently in secondary school. The need for Room to Read's educational programs spans the globe.
To increase the likelihood for success and long-term sustainability, Room to Read enlists community involvement and co-investment through our Challenge Grant model. Villages often raise a significant portion of the overall expenditure in the form of dedicated space, labor, materials and/or small amounts of cash. These challenge grants act as catalysts for community building while also maximizing the local participation and expertise brought to our programs.
Room To Read hires local staff, who are personally vested in their nation's educational progress and are empowered to make key programmatic decisions within their country. They are already familiar with the language, conditions, customs and governments and understand the specific needs of the educational system.
Our Sponsored School
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On June 25, 2009, the Shree Sakala Devi Primary School was officially opened. The school is situated in Dibyapuri in Nawalparasi, southwest of Kathmandu.
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Since its inception in 2000, Room to Read has impacted the lives of over 1.7 million children by constructing 760 schools, establishing over 7,000 libraries, publishing 226 new local language children's titles representing over 2 million books, donating over 2.2 million English language children's books, funding 7,100 long-term girls' scholarships, and by establishing 179 computer and language labs.
Over the past few years, Room to Read has received several distinguished awards, including The Fast Company/Monitor Group Social Capitalist Award, the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship, and the Sand Hill Group Foundation's Social Entrepreneurship Award. In addition to these organizational awards, Founder and CEO John Wood has been selected for several honors, including the Draper Richards Foundation Fellowship, the Young Global Leader award from the World Economic Forum, and Time Magazine's Asia's Heroes Award.
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For more information about Room To Read's educational projects please go to www.roomtoread.org