Educate and teach children in Zambia to read

We are currently in the process of refurbishing a room at the local library that will in part serve as a reading room. While we hope to continue with the initial plan on of working with schools, the challenge remains accessing the funds needed to do so. We needed to find a solutions that would help reach more children both in and out of school. To achieve, we have partnered with the local library. The library was chosen due to its central location. It is also a neutral place where students from different schools and villages can meet to access literacy resources and learn to read.
Rehabilitation work is also complete and we are excited about the possibility of bringing the power and joy of reading to a new group of children.
While the project continues to make strides, funding continues to remain a challenge. We thank all of our donors for their kind and generous support. Without which we could not have come this far. We encourage those have donated to Operation Read to consider donating to help meet the goal and to just as important consider being recurring donors. This will help ensure successful project implementation and bring the joy of reading to some of the least advantaged children in the world.

200 students from 10 schools in Mongu Western province are participating in our reading program.

The project’s initial success was funded by donations through Global Giving to the project. The funding made it possible to recruit schools to participate in the project, provide reading materials as well as cover teaching expenses for the staff.

Unfortunately the funding has run out and the project is yet to be fully funded this has meant, limiting the number of children admitted into the project and inevitably a reduction in teaching and reading materials.

To help address the challenge of funding we have designed a donor retention campaign aimed at attracting new donors to the project as well as encouraging previous donors to donate. It includes attracting the support of student groups to help raise the funds to implement the project to completion.

While the project has met with initial success, it is currently facing significant challenges as a result of funding constraints.

In moving forward, we are excited about the possibilities of the fundraising and donor retention campaign and encourage all of our donors to consider supporting our efforts to improve literacy among some of the world’s poorest by donating and encouraging their networks to support us as well.