Maria: Glad to be with you, Spiffy! We want to help make investment work for communities so that people can live the lives they choose. We do this by giving information to charities, community organizations, and their donors to help them understand the difference they make in peoples' lives and figure out ways of having even more impact. We work with organizations helping people in many different ways, whether that is through sports, arts, mentoring, housing, financial support, or pretty much anything else you can imagine.
Geetha: Glad to be with you, Spiffy! Founded in 2000 on the belief that World Change Starts with Educated Children®, Room to Read is creating a world free from illiteracy and gender inequality. We are achieving this goal by helping children in historically low-income communities develop literacy skills and a habit of reading, and by supporting girls as they build skills to succeed in school and negotiate key life decisions. Room to Read has benefited more than 32 million children and has worked in 21 countries and more than 49,000 communities, providing additional support through remote solutions that facilitate learning beyond the classroom. Room to Read aims to benefit 40 million children by 2025.
Nelly: Rural Africans lack opportunities to make a living, but computers and the internet provide global opportunities. TechLit Africa teaches digital skills to kids in primary schools to unlock these opportunities. We teach classes with donated, used computers. Our classes follow a curriculum designed to close the skills gap for adults living in rural Africa.
