READ (Rural Education and Development) Global believes that empowering rural communities is critical to alleviating global poverty. We envision a world where individuals, families and entire communities have access to the knowledge, resources and opportunities necessary to build more prosperous futures.
READ Global brings together education, enterprise and community development to create lasting social change in rural communities. We partner with rural villages to build Community Library and Resource Centers (READ Centers) that offer knowledge, information and opportunities to villagers that lack the most basic educational resources. Resources are available for all – adults, children, students, teachers, women and even those who are illiterate. Learn more
Angoori Devi transformed her family's life by acquiring livelihood skills at her local READ Center. Until recently, she and her husband couldn't afford to keep their kids in school, and were faced with having to marry their daughter off early. But Angoori learned to sew at her local READ Center and started selling cloth bags through a local retailer. With the money she has earned, her children are able to continue their schooling, and their family is looking forward to a brighter future. Read more
Dabeki Timilsina can barely write her name, but she has given her entire community the opportunity to become literate. A mother of three in the rural farming village of Nuwakot, Nepal, Dabeki chose to give her dowry of land - worth 20 Nepali lakhs (or $25,300) – to build a READ Community Library and Resource Center for her village. Read more
For the past two decades, READ Global has been making lasting impacts in rural villages throughout Bhutan, India and Nepal. Learn more about how READ Community Library and Resource Centers are becoming important vehicles for social change. Read more
