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ROOM TO READ
WHAT Supporting education and literacy among girls in challenged regions.
HOW Partnering with local communities, Room to Read reaches across all elements of education: from constructing libraries and classrooms to publishing children's books and training educators.
WHERE Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Laos, Nepal, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Vietnam and Zambia.
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JUMPSTART
WHAT Preschool education in low-income neighborhood.
HOW College students and community volunteers give Jumpstart sessions to preschooler in accordance with a set curriculum. The purpose is to contribute to language and literacy skills.
WHERE 10 states across the US.
3.
LITWORLD
WHAT Supporting literacy practices worldwide.
HOW Aspiring to help 1 million children to read by 2014, LitWOrld runs a variety of programs to cultivate literacy - developing educational curricula and running several reading clubs.
WHERE Activities take place in various locations Stateside, alongside Kenya, Iraq and Sierra Leona, to name a few.
4.
826 NATIONAL
WHAT A network of writing and tutoring centers for children and teens.
HOW 826 National believes in the power of education, arts and creativity - hardly a surprise considering its founders are the celebrated writer Dave Egges and educator Nínive Calegari. The nonprofit runs eights after-school tutoring centers as well as fieldtrips, writing workshops and more.
WHERE Eight chapters in the US - in San Francisco, Seattle, New York, Chicago, Boston, LA and Washington DC.
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KIPP
WHAT Schools and prep programs that foster academic success for individuals hailing from underserved communities.
HOW KIPP - acronym for Knowledge is Power Program - strives to help every student enroll and persevere in college. The organization has a network comprising of 125 schools that are free and open-enrollment - acceptance requires no academic achievement.
WHERE The US.
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EVERYBODY WINS
WHAT A volunteer-work based nonprofit that aims to cultivate literacy among low-income children.
HOW Everybody Wins runs several programs that use text as the springboard for education: storytime readings, one-on-one mentoring, performances based on books and book clubs for kids.
WHERE Various cities in the US.
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NCFL
WHAT An organization dedicated to family literacy.
HOW NFCL (National Center for Family Literacy) runs a variety of whole-family programs, with a special emphasis on English-as-second-language families and communities. NCFL has collaborated with many large-scale brands (such as Toyota and McDonald's), extending their reach to more and more families.
WHERE The US.
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