One pair of sunglasses equals one week of school
We donate one week of school for each eyewear purchase and one day of school for each accessory purchase to the Room to Read Girls’ Education Program.
Your purchases have provided over 78,000 days of school.
We donate one week of school for each eyewear purchase and one day of school for each accessory purchase to the Room to Read Girls’ Education Program.
Your purchases have provided over 78,000 days of school.
How it works
Your purchase helps girls in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Laos, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Tanzania and Vietnam.
LIFE SKILLS EDUCATION
Classes and extracurricular activities are taught to develop girls’ confidence, communication and self-advocacy skills to forge their own independent path instead of one forced upon them.
LOCAL MENTORS
Local mentors are educated role models, advisors and advocates for girls in the program. They speak with parents, visit the girls in their homes, and support girls emotionally to help them stay in school.
MATERIAL SUPPORT
Material support can be the cost of a uniform, safe transportation, tuition fees, or exam preparation services.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Community meetings with local leaders and parents create a culture of gender equality and value in educating girls.
When a girl is educated . . .
she is more likely to create a smaller and healthier family, earn a higher wage, educate her own children, avoid childhood marriage and sex trafficking, and poverty goes down, economies grow stronger and the world gets better.