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Education Across Pakistan Pakistan has 22.8 million children out of school, the second highest globally. READ Foundation tackles this through building schools in remote villages, sponsoring orphans, running girls’ literacy programmes, supporting university students, and bringing mobile libraries to remote areas. Girls facing early marriage get safe classrooms. Orphans get to school and receive living […]
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Education That Returns Hope In Türkiye, many Syrian refugee children are growing up without safe learning spaces or opportunities to rebuild their futures. READ Foundation works with local partners to restore education where children have lost their childhood to conflict and displacement. We create safe environments where they can learn, recover, and grow. Our programmes […]
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Education Amid Urban Poverty Bangladesh runs two education crises. Dhaka’s slums house 1.4 million children working on the streets, exposed to exploitation and violence. Flood-prone regions isolate children from schools every year. READ Foundation addresses both. Drop-in Centres shelter and educate street children. School on a Boat reaches students in Kishoreganj through floating and land […]
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Learning Through Emergencies Lebanon faces overlapping crises. Economic collapse, political chaos, massive refugee population. Children can’t access school because of poverty, displacement, and trauma. When conflict hit in 2024, schools became shelters. READ Foundation adapted, bringing mobile schools to refugee camps and a Special Needs Hub to children with disabilities. When schools close, we find […]
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Empowering Yemen’s Children Yemen faces one of the world’s most severe humanitarian crises. Conflict, climate change, and economic collapse have disrupted education for millions. Yet children across Yemen remain determined to learn, despite educational barriers such as hunger and poverty. READ Foundation operates in 16 schools, reaching over 10,000 students with safe learning environments, daily […]
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Ethiopia Ethiopia faces some of the most severe barriers to education in East Africa. Poverty prevents many families from affording uniforms and books, while deep-rooted cultural expectations and child marriage keep girls out of school. Today, 1.6 million girls remain out of school, and three in four do not attend secondary education. Conflict has made […]
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Tanzania In Tanzania, many children face overwhelming barriers to education. Poverty, overcrowded classrooms, and harmful practices prevent thousands from staying in school. Girls are particularly disadvantaged, only 73% complete primary school and fewer than 34% transition to secondary education. Without intervention, many face early marriage, limited opportunities, and a cycle of poverty that continues into […]
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Malawi Malawi is one of the ten poorest countries in the world. In rural areas, thousands of children are missing out on education due to poverty, overcrowded classrooms and a lack of safe facilities. Many villages have no schools at all, forcing children to walk long distances or drop out altogether. Teachers are also scarce, […]