Archive for the ‘library’ Category
07.28.2015
New READ Centers Launched in India and Bhutan
We have some exciting updates for you! Thanks to dedicated supporters like you, along with the hard work of our tireless field staff, we’re proud to announce that READ Global has opened three new READ Centers in India and Bhutan. Our new center in the Yangthang village is Bhutan’s 7th READ center, which will provide […]
05.19.2015
Rebuilding Rural Nepal – The Long Road Ahead
For Nepali villagers like 86-year-old Subhadra, the long journey has just begun to rebuild a home, a life, and a community following the devastating earthquakes of the past month. Subhadra Timilsina grew up in Kumari, a rural village in Nuwakot district, where most people were illiterate and lived below the poverty line. She wanted […]
05.13.2015
Nepal Earthquake Relief & Rebuilding Efforts
Please donate to READ’s Nepal Earthquake Fund. 100% of funds directly support our partner communities and Nepal team so they can provide relief services and information through READ Centers, help families rebuild their lives, and repair damaged Centers. Immediate disaster relief: READ Global provides 1.9 million rural Nepalis with critical access to information and resources […]
05.11.2015
READ Nepal Earthquake Relief Updates: April-May
We will continue to post updates on this page as we learn more about relief efforts in our partner communities. Click here to donate to our relief fund. Click here for an overview about how READ Global is responding to the earthquakes. *May 12, 2015* A 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal on Tuesday morning, killing […]
04.30.2015
Libraries in Nepal Provide Support for Earthquake Victims
Donate today to help our partner communities rebuild through READ’s Nepal Earthquake Fund As of April 30, over 5,800 are known dead with injuries surpassing 10,000 following the earthquake and subsequent aftershocks that have rocked Nepal. Over 8 million people are in need of humanitarian relief. Much of the Kathmandu Valley has been destroyed, while […]
02.20.2015
How education impacts women’s leadership in India
This January, the Indian State of Rajasthan passed an executive order barring anyone with less than eight years of formal education from running for election for head of village council (gram panchayat). This effectively disqualified roughly half of men and three-quarters of women from running in elections that began in January, and will impact more […]
02.18.2015
Three new READ Centers launched in Nepal in partnership with Reach out to Asia
This winter, READ opened three new Centers in the Terai region of southern Nepal, as part of an exciting new partnership with The Reach out to Asia Foundation. Two of the Centers – Jahada and Pragatinagar – are located in Nawalparasi, a densely populated agricultural region where poverty forces many residents to cross the nearby […]
02.06.2015
Women in Nepal receive prenatal care via mobile app
In Nepal, it is difficult for expecting mothers to regularly visit their doctors for prenatal health check-ups. They often have to travel a long way on foot to the nearest health clinic, sometimes across very rough terrain. These conditions also make it difficult for local health workers to keep track of patients. Many Nepali […]
02.01.2015
Nepal Earthquake: How you can Help
Click here for an overview of how READ Global is responding to the earthquakes. Click here for the latest updates on our earthquake relief efforts in Nepal. Thank you so much for your concern and support for the people of Nepal. If you would like to support READ in our efforts to provide immediate disaster […]
01.30.2015
Preserving Nepal’s Oral History, Grandparents to Children
For centuries, the history of Nepal has been transmitted from generation to generation through oral storytelling: passing on stories about culture, livelihoods, and the natural environment of the country. Yet as Nepalese society modernizes and globalizes, this practice has begun to recede: stories once told are forgotten; traditional dances blend with more modern variations; and […]
