Archive for the ‘literacy’ Category
09.09.2014
How Public Libraries Can Support Community Literacy
This article originally appeared at Beyond Access. READ Global and IREX are both collaborators of the Beyond Access initiative. As the starting point for access to information, opportunity and advancement, […]
09.08.2014
Tackling illiteracy through libraries in Asia
“My parents are farmers. They don’t know how to read and write,” said 10-year-old Thinley Pelzom, from rural Bhutan. Growing up in this extremely remote Himalayan Kingdom, access to education […]
09.03.2014
Nepali Community Becomes Fully Literate
“At last, I can write my name and address!” says Subhagya Mahato, a 40-year-old woman from Bacchauli, Nepal, who is happy to finally be able to recognize the Nepali alphabet, […]
08.20.2014
11 Things You Might Not Know About Global Poverty
1 Inequality between the wealthiest and poorest people on the planet is shocking. Just 85 people have the same amount of money as almost half of the global population. Imagine […]
07.29.2014
A Journey in Images: READ Model Center, Nepal
This is the second of a two-part guest blogger series from READ Nepal volunteer Melanie Avery on her experience with READ Global in Nepal. Have you ever wondered what a […]
07.22.2014
Being an “Illiterate” Australian in Nepal
This is the first of a two-part guest blogger series from READ Nepal volunteer Melanie Avery on her experience with READ Global in Nepal. Ka, Kha, Ga, Gha, Nga – […]
06.19.2014
A Mother-Daughter Perspective on Poverty in Nepal
This post is written by Betsy Borrelli, a READ Global Board Member, proud mother, and Senior Vice President, Reputation Management & Crisis, for the global communications agency FleishmanHillard. I am […]
06.12.2014
The Unexpected Benefits of Literacy in Nepal
A 70-year-old Nepali woman told me that, after having learned to read, she can die happy. She values her education over her belongings since, as she said: “Everyone will die […]
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 […]
03.10.2014
Where women go to learn their letters and become leaders
This is a guest post by Anh Ton of the The Asian Philanthropy Forum that originally appeared on their site, featuring READ Global’s work to empower women globally. A lot […]
