Global literacy rates are higher for adult males (89%) than females (80%), and are significantly lower in parts of Africa and West Asia, such as Niger and Mali where rates are only 36.5% and 44.3% respectively. Room to Read is a non-profit organization established in 1999 that has benefited over 8 million children through programs in 10 countries in Asia and Africa focused on literacy and gender equality in education. It works with local communities and governments to develop literacy skills, establish libraries, publish books, and support girls' education.

1. Done by:
SGT Joshua Chang
SGT Ritvik Sharma
SSGT Axel Lim
SSGT Tarun Satish

2.  There is a 89% global literacy rate for adult males
while there is only a 80% literacy rate for adult females
 Adult literacy rates are significantly lower in the Arab
States, hovering at 75% and West Asia and Africa, at
63% for both.
 In countries like Niger and Mali, the literacy rates are
at 36.5 % and 44.3%

3. Adult Literacy Rate ( Released by UIS)

4. Literacy Rate of 7 Countries

5.  Non-profit Organization
 Core operating Principles
1. Global Footprint and Long-Term engagement
2. Community Engagement and Local Partnership
3. Scale and Sustainability
4. Diversified and Engaged Funding Base

6.  Benefited over 8 million children over 10 years
 Ventures in Bangladesh, Nepal, Cambodia, India,
Laos, Sri Lanka Vietnam

7.  Vision and Goal:
 “We envision a world in which all children can pursue a
quality education, reach their full potential and contribute
to their community and the world. To achieve this goal, we
focus on two areas where we believe we can have the
greatest impact: literacy and gender equality in
education. We work in collaboration with communities
and local governments across Asia and Africa to develop
literacy skills and a habit of reading among primary school
children, and support girls to complete secondary school
with the life skills they’ll need to succeed in school and
beyond.

8.  Established late 1999 by John Wood and Dinesh
Shrestha, a former overworked Microsoft executive
and his Nepali co-founder.
 Inspiration: Visited a school in a rural Nepalese village,
seeing the dismal conditions and lack of books.
 Returned after a year with eight donkeys’ load worht of
books for the children.

9.  Schools Constructed : 1,825
 Libraries Established: 17,366
 Books Published: 1,041
 Books Distributed: 14,588,494
 Girls' Education Participants: 30,210
 Children Benefitted: 8.8 million

10.  Began Girl’s Education program for young girls with
long-term commitment to the educationo fit’s
participants.
 Expanded to Cambodia and india.
 Opened 1000th Library in Siem Reap, Cambodia
 Launched operations in Sri Lanka to help community
rebuild

11.  http://www.roomtoread.org/AboutUs
 http://www.roomtoread.org/page.aspx?pid=210
 http://huebler.blogspot.sg/2012/05/literacy.html
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_to_Read
 http://povertyandyou.wikispaces.com/Situation+and+
Analysis