Room to Read is a global nonprofit working to address educational, gender and economic inequities affecting children around the world. Since its launch in 2000, the NGO has deployed almost US$1bn to deliver foundational learning to more than 52 million children, including thousands across Lebanon, Jordan, and Palestine. Its literacy pillar comprises teacher training, the publishing of local language books, and the development of school and community libraries. And through its Girls Education ...
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Room to Read is a global nonprofit working to address educational, gender and economic inequities affecting children around the world. Since its launch in 2000, the NGO has deployed almost US$1bn to deliver foundational learning to more than 52 million children, including thousands across Lebanon, Jordan, and Palestine. Its literacy pillar comprises teacher training, the publishing of local language books, and the development of school and community libraries. And through its Girls Education ...
"Money alone is not the solution to the challenges we have today. The solution is to get us to change how we how we act.” That is one of messages shared by Maria Ahlström-Bondestam, a fifth-gen Finnish philanthropist, during her interview on Shaping Philanthropy. Speaking down the line from Helsinki, Maria shares her family’s journey into philanthropy, explains the focus on women and girls, how she measures impact, and why she takes collaboration so seriously. A co-founder of the Eva Ah...
Shaping Philanthropy
Room to Read is a global nonprofit working to address educational, gender and economic inequities affecting children around the world. Since its launch in 2000, the NGO has deployed almost US$1bn to deliver foundational learning to more than 52 million children, including thousands across Lebanon, Jordan, and Palestine. Its literacy pillar comprises teacher training, the publishing of local language books, and the development of school and community libraries. And through its Girls Education ...
