Room to Read

From dreams to degrees to careers. This is what 25 years of changemaking looks like. 💫 When Teothong entered our Girls' Education Program, she was convinced that her family's financial hardships would force her to walk away from secondary school. Today, at 25, she is a university graduate with a thriving marketing career. Through our gender equality programming, Room to Read has ensured 4.1 MILLION adolescents like Teothong have room to build life-changing skills — the skills that enable them to lead with confidence and choose their own path. ⭐ You can create change for even more adolescents around the world. Start a new chapter of change ➡️ https://okt.to/lQaqGe #Iam25 #RoomtoRead25 #YouCreateChange

#SheCreatesChange for all girls everywhere! 🎞️ Last year, we partnered with POLYCOM GIRLS 💛💙💖 in #Kenya, CRECCOM and Girls Activist Youth Organisation-GAYO in #Malawi, and Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA) #Pakistan to integrate our #SheCreatesChange films into lesson plans. Film viewings are now paired with a wrap-around curriculum, focused on the life skills featured in each film. We will soon analyze programmatic data and conduct participant evaluations to assess the usage and effectiveness of the content. 📈 📝 The findings will provide useful learning around the efficacy of digital storytelling content to provide life skill lessons to adolescents at scale. 📽️ Host your own screening of #SheCreatesChange with students, with the children in your life or with your own change-making community by visiting shecreateschange.org! ✨ 💪 And find more exciting updates from Room to Read's work around the world in our latest annual report ➡️ ➡️ ➡️ https://okt.to/V4cyvW 📷 Photos courtesy of our partners.

“Room to Read’s work to support girls with essential life skills is more crucial than ever.” 💪 Makeup artist Daniel Martin joins Room to Read in celebrating 25 years of unlocking potential through education, helping girls build the life skills they need to lead with confidence and create lasting change. When girls build the tools to make decisions, communicate with courage and shape their own futures, entire communities move closer to #genderequality. Your next chapter with Room to Read starts here ➡️ https://okt.to/0bS4DX

Research shows that shifting boys' perceptions of gender is essential to promoting gender equality. 🟰 That's why we initiated our Life Skills for Equality Project pilot in Cambodia. Over the last two years, we have transformed the perspectives of more than 1,000 boys in grades 7 and 8 through our curriculum. After completing the pilot in 2024, we saw significant changes in adolescents’ aspirations as both boys and girls reported an interest in delaying marriage and prioritizing education, with boys aspiring to higher education increasing from 54 to 61 percent. Boys also noted greater understanding of gender norms, gender-based violence, masculinity and health, underscoring the importance of engaging boys in gender equality programming. See more results in our recently published annual report: https://okt.to/oDFWrY

Trương Khánh Nguyên was a timid 6th grader when she entered our Girls' Education Program in #Vietnam. Today, at 25, she holds a master's degree in educational management, living her childhood dream of teaching in the early grades. ✨ 👩🏻🏫 As Room to Read celebrates 25 years of creating lasting, positive change, you can start a new chapter that helps ensure all girls everywhere have the chance to pursue their passions and realize their dreams. #YouCreateChange ➡️ ➡️ ➡️ https://okt.to/5aIxTG 💫

We often talk about how educating a girl lifts up her family and community. Today, as we celebrate #InternationalDayoftheGirl, we invite you to think about the individual girl — a girl who deserves the chance to reach her full potential. Your gift today can give her that chance. 💫 Create change for her: https://okt.to/xBK3F2 #YouCreateChange

Ready to inspire change? 🌍 💫 💥 This Saturday is #InternationalDayoftheGirl, an excellent day to screen Room to Read’s award-winning, animated short film, #SheCreatesChange. Introduce your fellow changemakers to girls like Naifat, who challenges us to use our voice, and Trang, who motivates us to follow our dreams. Let's celebrate girls around the world who are breaking barriers and creating lasting change — every single day. Change starts here: shecreateschange.org 🎬 ✨

Reshu struggled to navigate complex and challenging emotions when she first entered our Girls' Education Program in #Nepal. She worried she would have to leave secondary school. Now, at 25, she's a university graduate working toward becoming a mental health counselor. For 25 years, Room to Read has helped adolescent girls like Reshu build the foundational life skills they need to advocate for themselves, challenge harmful gender norms and expectations, and pursue their dreams. This month, in celebration of #InternationalDayoftheGirl, start a new chapter with Room to Read, one in which you support more girls like Reshu to shape brighter futures for themselves, their families and their communities. #YouCreateChange ➡️ ➡️ ➡️ https://okt.to/EHNDbP

#InternationalDayoftheGirl is October 11! Celebrate by joining together with those who inspire you to create a more gender-equal world. 💫 How? We've got some suggestions... 📽️ Host a screening of our award-winning film #SheCreatesChange with friends, family and fellow changemakers. The stories from real-life heroes like Trang and Naifat are a powerful reminder that every girl has the power to create lasting change: https://bit.ly/4pYg7yi 📖 Download a free digital version of "She Creates Change: 25 Stories of Courageous Young Women and Their Heroes," published in partnership with Rebel Girls! ➡️ https://bit.ly/4o6E9W6 Explore more of our changemaking partners like #RebelGirls who are helping all girls everywhere unlock their potential and create change that spans generations: https://bit.ly/4nBlL7M 👏

✨ World Change Starts with Educated Children® ✨ But the seed of transformation is planted by teachers. 🌱 The passion of an educator carries far beyond the classroom, shaping children’s lives at home, on the playground, and even far into the future. It should come as no surprise, then, that one in four legacy gifts to Room to Read have been made by educators. Today, on World Teachers’ Day, we honor the teachers whose dedication lights the path to a brighter future. 💫Learn how you can take the next step in ensuring that teachers around the world have the resources they need to continue to inspire, educate, and transform lives for generations to come. https://bit.ly/4q0XTwg With deep gratitude for every teacher on World Teachers’ Day.