{"cache_age":"3600","width":"920","description":"Democracy in South Africa was supposed to mean equal rights for all. And yet the South African public school system is in a dismal state with high numbers of children dropping out before graduation and many graduating *without* the ability to read. help2read is working to change this. We train tutors and place them in under-resourced public schools to work with children who are struggling in school. We see success: children improve their reading age by 14.4 months after 7 months of h2r tutoring.","html":"<iframe src='https:\/\/www.globalgiving.org\/dy\/v2\/oembed\/?format=html&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.globalgiving.org%2Fprojects%2Fhelp2read-free-tutoring-to-sa-children%2F' style='width:920px;height:613px;border:0;'><\/iframe>","type":"rich","title":"Teach Disadvantaged South African Children to Read on GlobalGiving","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.globalgiving.org\/pfil\/14584\/pict_large.jpg","version":"1.0","height":"613"}