Archive for the ‘india’ Category
08.13.2014
Nepal Village supports its Library through Turmeric
Imagine you are a rural farmer, like over 80% of the population of Nepal, who relies on the limited crops you can grow on your land to feed your family. […]
07.17.2014
READ India launches 13th Center in Rajasthan
READ is proud to announce the opening of our 13th Center in India, the Mohini READ Center in Devli village, Bharatpur, Rajasthan on May 9, 2014. Only 70% of people […]
04.02.2014
Building a future beyond polio and illiteracy in India
Imagine at age 16, you are living in poverty, illiterate, and disabled because of polio. What would your future look like? This past week marked an historic occasion: the WHO […]
03.25.2014
READ India: Finding a niche for textiles
This is the third of a four-part guest blogger series from MBAs Without Borders‘ Kathryn Svobodny on her 5-month advisory experience with READ Global. Click here to read the previous […]
02.18.2014
Reaching out to Rural Entrepreneurs
This is the first of a four-part guest blogger series from MBAs Without Borders‘ Kathryn Svobodny on her 5-month advisory experience with READ Global. Imagine that you are an entrepreneur […]
02.17.2014
Planting seeds of education: Inaugurating READ’s 12th library in India
The pains of a 5:30am wake-up call and five hours on windy, bumpy rural Indian roads were quickly washed away when I stepped out of the vehicle to a cacophony […]
10.30.2013
READ India expands to Uttar Pradesh
On September 25, READ India opened its 10th Center in India and its first in the state of Uttar Pradesh. Three-quarters of the state’s population lives in rural areas, and […]
10.30.2013
Libraries Provide Health Services in India
Health is vital to the prosperity of rural villagers, who are often isolated from critical resources that are only available at hospitals in larger cities. Simple treatments like vaccinations, eye […]
06.22.2013
READ India Center Opens Local School
For children living in rural India, formal schools are often inaccessible or lacking in resources. The nearest town with a school may be far away, and parents are anxious about […]
