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World Change Starts with Educated Children.®
$1 a day is all it takes to keep a girl in school
Education is a human right, yet barriers to education disproportionately affect girls. Right now, 122 million girls are not in school worldwide.
Room to Read’s Girls’ Education Program has supported over 3.4 million girls, advancing gender equality in historically low-income communities around the globe.
Millions more girls need support. You can create change in the life of girl by donating $30 a month to fund her education.
Room to Read’s landmark multimedia content and curriculum, She Creates Change, tells the true stories of courageous and changemaking young women from our Girls’ Education Program through animated and live action films, books and audio stories – providing girls around the world the opportunity to discover their own power. When girls have access to media and stories that authentically reflect their own identities, challenges and cultures, they receive validation and understand that they can turn their dreams into reality.
You can create change for more girls like these real-life heroes.
Keya
Bangladesh
When a community fails to protect its girls, one fearless teenager stands up and demands justice.
Diksha
Nepal
When discriminated against because of her dark skin, Diksha discovers the power of self-love and becomes a compassionate leader for marginalized girls.
Trang
Vietnam
Despite innumerable financial and technological barriers, Trang launches a comedy show on YouTube, becoming the first teen influencer from the Mekong Delta and a national icon.
Yashika
India
To defend herself against constant harassment, Yashika takes up Karate, becomes a national gold medalist and starts teaching other teen girls how to defend themselves.
Dewmini
Sri Lanka
When her family tries to send her away to work, Dewmini teaches herself to garden, discovers a passion for climate advocacy and transforms her family's future.
Naifat
Tanzania
After her parents' divorce punishes her self-esteem, Naifat discovers music, begins performing and finds newfound confidence through the power of her own voice.
Inspiring more girls around the world through real-life stories
When you support a girl’s education you create change for her—and her entire community.
Girls’ education boosts public health exponentially. If all mothers completed primary education, maternal deaths would reduce by two-thirds, saving 98,000 lives. In the same scenario, 1.7 million children would be saved from stunting and malnutrition.
Girls’ education is the best investment a country can make to grow its economy. Countries lose more than $1 billion a year by failing to educate girls to the same level as boys.
The longer a girl stays in school, the more likely she is to live a healthier life, marry later, earn more income, re-invest in her community and ensure her own children gain an education.
Girls’ education bolsters countries’ abilities to mitigate the effects of climate change. Data suggest a strong positive association between the average amount of schooling a girl receives and her country and community’s ability to plan for, cope with, and rebound from climate crises.
To go to school, millions of girls must overcome cultural bias, discrimination, poverty, and violence.
Classes on life skills such as resilience, leadership, and critical thinking
Life Skills
Individualized support and guidance from a trained mentor in her community
Mentorship
Family and community engagement to foster a supportive environment
Community
Support for tuition, uniforms, books and supplies, or safe transportation to school
Materials
Girls have the power to change the world.
Don't let the world hold them back.
When her community failed to protect her from harassment and violence, Keya learned her rights through our program and built the skills she needed to demand justice. She is now working toward her goal of holding government office and stopping crimes against women.
Keya, Bangladesh
Trang dreamed of lifting her family out of poverty. She started a YouTube channel to try to earn more income. In our program, Trang learned life skills that she used to grow an audience of over 600,000 subscribers, creating financial stability for her family and becoming a role model for other girls.
Trang, Vietnam
Yashika’s walk to school was dangerous. Instead of dropping out, she learned karate for self-defense and then won gold in the National Karate Championship in Mumbai. Now known as “Karate Girl” in her community, Yashika is an inspiration for other girls fighting for an education.
Yashika, India
You can create change for more girls like these real-life heroes from our program.
Discriminated against because of her dark skin, Diksha learned her worth and potential through our life skills classes. She became a bold and compassionate leader for marginalized girls in her community, successfully advocating against cultural norms that kept girls out of school during menstruation.
Diksha, Nepal
Struggling with low self-esteem and an unstable home life, Naifat found support and encouragement in our program. She discovered a passion for singing and songwriting, began performing, and learned to listen to the power of her own voice. Now, Naifat has the confidence to pursue her dreams in the face of life’s challenges.
Naifat, Tanzania
In an area devastated by drought, Dewmini’s family often went hungry. Food was scarce. Instead of quitting school to become a domestic worker, Dewmini used what she learned in our program to teach herself to garden. She transformed her family’s future and now plans to help local farmers adapt to climate change.
Dewini, Sri Lanka
Your donation can make more success stories like these possible.
Education is a human right, yet barriers to education disproportionately affect girls. Right now, 122 million girls are not in school worldwide.
Room to Read’s Girls’ Education Program has supported over 3.4 million girls, advancing gender equality in historically low-income communities around the globe.
Millions more girls need support. You can create change in the life of girl by donating $30 a month to fund her education.
To go to school, millions of girls must overcome cultural bias, discrimination, poverty, and violence.
122 million girls are not in school
Education is a human right, yet barriers to education disproportionately affect girls.
Right now, 122 million girls are not in school worldwide, and millions more must overcome cultural bias, discrimination, poverty, and violence simply to go to school.
Room to Read’s Girls’ Education Program has supported over 3.7 million girls, advancing gender equality in historically low-income communities around the globe.
We need your help to promote equal access to education for more girls around the world.
Millions of girls face barriers to education—you can change that.
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Girls have the power
to change the world.
Don't let the world
hold them back.
Education is a human right, yet barriers to education disproportionately affect girls.
Right now, 122 million girls are not in school worldwide, and millions more must overcome cultural bias, discrimination, poverty, and violence simply to go to school.
Room to Read’s Girls’ Education Program has supported over 3.4 million girls, advancing gender equality in historically low-income communities around the globe.
To benefit more girls, we need your help. A donation of $30 a month is all it takes to fund a girl's education and transform her future.
Girls’ education boosts public health exponentially. If all mothers completed primary education, maternal deaths would reduce by two-thirds, saving 98,000 lives. In the same scenario, 1.7 million children would be saved from stunting and malnutrition.
Girls’ education is the best investment a country can make to grow its economy. Countries lose more than $1 billion a year by failing to educate girls to the same level as boys.
The longer a girl stays in school, the more likely she is to live a healthier life, marry later, earn more income, re-invest in her community and ensure her own children gain an education.
Girls’ education bolsters countries’ abilities to mitigate the effects of climate change. Data suggest a strong positive association between the average amount of schooling a girl receives and her country and community’s ability to plan for, cope with, and rebound from climate crises.
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