First Book
First Book provides new books to children in need, addressing one of the most important factors affecting literacy — access to books. Through our combined efforts, The Literacy Site and First Book have provided millions of new books and educational resources to children from low-income families throughout the U.S. and Canada.
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Room to Read
Room to Read strives to give all children a chance to reach their full potential, contributing to their communities and to the world. Safe, friendly places where children can access books are vital to developing reading skills. Providing books in local languages makes learning to read easier and more relevant for children in need. These opportunities give children a real chance to learn and love to read.
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how your support is helping Room to Read make a difference!
Together with our nonprofit partner, First Book, The Literacy Site creates fun, engaging ways to provide visitors with opportunities to actively participate in supporting literacy. First Book works with us to convert clicks at The Literacy Site into actual books provided to schools, libraries, and community-based programs serving disadvantaged children.
Since its launch in November 2004, visitors to The Literacy Site have helped give more than 2.7 million new books through First Book's distribution channels, reaching children with the tools necessary for them to become successful readers.
The Literacy Site supports First Book's mission by helping each visitor to the site make a direct impact on literacy. Click challenges and e-card challenges attract visitors to The Literacy Site, raising awareness of the problems communities without educational resources face today and increasing the amount of books First Book provides to alleviate these problems. With just one click, visitors to The Literacy Site take part every day in promoting literacy by helping give books to kids who don't have them.
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Our Mission
Room to Read partners with local communities throughout the developing world to establish schools, libraries, and other educational infrastructure. We seek to intervene early in the lives of children in the belief that education is a lifelong gift that empowers people to ultimately improve socioeconomic conditions for their families, communities, countries, and future generations. Through the opportunities that only an education can provide, we strive to break the cycle of poverty, one child at a time.
Books for Children
The time has come for more exciting and relevant children's literature in their local languages so that children in the developing world have the same opportunities that many of us had growing up surrounded by children's books, either at home, at school, or in our local public library. Our Local Language Publishing Program provides children with materials that will inspire them to read, to expand their minds, and to develop a lifelong love for reading and learning. Many of the books we publish are bilingual English/local language children's books and are especially beneficial to children because they can be used throughout a child's development.
Building Schools
Adequate schools are often scarce in the rural areas of the developing world, a factor that contributes to continuing poverty and lack of economic development. It is not uncommon for young children to walk several hours each way just to attend school. Through our School Room Program, Room to Read partners with local communities to build several types of schools to meet the specific needs of each village and culture. Our model of community ownership produces a deep sense of commitment and a lasting impact on education in rural areas.
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