Empower A girl

Every girl we work with has a story. A financial scholarship removes barriers and supports talented girls to reach their potential. Break the glass ceiling for her.

Prem Kumari

“I want to be a nurse,” she said to John Wood, in the home visit program during our anniversary and inauguration of 10,000th school library trek. Impressed, John pledged to help her attain her dreams.

READ Prem’s FULL STORY

  • Women in Asia are on average 70% less likely than men to be in the labor force

    – Women in the 
Workforce

  • …especially for the poor. In low income countries, more than 2 out of 5 women are not literate.

    – UNESCO

  • For every year beyond fourth grade that girls attend school, their wages rise 20 percent

    – Harvard Business Review

  • In countries we serve like Bangladesh, Cambodia, India and Nepal, less than 10% of women complete even a 2-year tertiary degree

    World Bank, Country Statistics from 2011-2019

  • In Cambodia, less than 15% of white collar jobs are held by women

    Asian Development Bank Report, 2015

  • Lack of education negatively affects critical health care issues such as maternal mortality, infant nutrition and infant mortality

    – Human Development Report of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

 SUCCESS STORIES

Through private capital contributed by John Wood and various friends of Room to Read, we have tested and fine-tuned our model over the last seven years in Cambodia, India, Nepal and Vietnam.

Featured
Lynha Hom
Cambodia
Lynha Hom
Cambodia

Lynha’s parents were vegetable sellers, with none of their children in school. Lynha completed the ISF catch-up program quickly and was integrated into a public primary school.

Read More →
Cambodia
Haway Dum
Cambodia
Haway Dum
Cambodia

Haway was supported through high school by the Room to Read Girls’ Education Program and went on to become the first girl from her village to attend university, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Science.

Read More →
Cambodia
Thuy Dinh
Vietnam
Thuy Dinh
Vietnam

Born to a poor rural family in the Mekong Delta whose situation was made worse by her father’s illness. Supported by Room to Read from Grades 6-12. Commuted 90 minutes each way to school every day.

Read More →
Vietnam
Tay Thi Nguyen
Vietnam
Tay Thi Nguyen
Vietnam

Primary school English teacher for the last seven years. Recently became a part time employee at an educational technology startup.

Read More →
Vietnam
Sreypich Neng
Cambodia
Sreypich Neng
Cambodia

Sreypich persevered and passed the formidable grade 12 exam on her second try - while working & studying in university. She earned an Associates’ degree (2 years) and currently works at a micro finance institution helping clients to secure loans to buy motorbikes.

Read More →
Cambodia
Prem Kumari
Nepal
Prem Kumari
Nepal

“I want to be a nurse,” she said to John Wood, in the home visit program during our anniversary and inauguration of 10,000th school library trek. Impressed, John pledged to help her attain her dreams.

Read More →
Nepal