The Facts The Project About Room To Read Get Involved
  • More than 100 million school-age children in the developing world are not enrolled in primary school?
  • Over half the children in these countries never have the opportunity to attend secondary school?
  • Many rural students have to walk as far as 3 hours each way to go to school?
  • Of the 850 million illiterate people in the developing world, nearly two-thirds are women?
  • Girls are often not given the opportunity to attend school due to the lack of economic resources and cultural bias?
  • Did you know it only costs $2,000 to build a library in a rural southasian community?
  • Room to Read will be building at least 950 libraries across 7 countries this year alone. And you can be part of it.
 
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The Kitab Project was started by a group of people who are interested in supporting Room to Read's literacy mission. Room to Read's mission is to provide under-privileged children with an opportunity to gain the lifelong gift of education.