Inspire Young Learners
In areas that are remote, impoverished, or torn by the tumult of war, getting books to children is almost impossible. These young people have limited opportunities for education, making it hard for them to move from poverty to self-sufficiency. Join the conversation on social media using #ReadersIntoLeaders.
We know one book can change a person’s life. Just ask Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus, founder of microfinance. He remembers as a young student at Dhaka University waiting in long lines to check out badly worn library copies of the few textbooks available. When The Asia Foundation donated textbooks for all the students, their lives were changed forever.
Each year, The Asia Foundation delivers millions of books to the neediest. Now, we can reach even more thanks to our free digital library, Let’s Read, which will provide more than 8000 titles in 40 languages across Asia by 2020.
Your gift of $150
advances the skills of a local children’s book author.
Your gift of $5,000
builds a local-language library of 100 books through expert translation.
Your gift of $500
translates 10 books into a child’s local language.
Your gift of $25,000
sponsors a national reading challenge that inspires children, families, and communities to read.
Your gift of $1250
creates a brand-new beautiful children’s book.
Your gift of $125,000
endows our Heroes of Asia biography series featuring influential Asian women and men.
Access to books is crucial to unleash young people’s imaginations, possibilities, and heighten awareness of opportunities. That’s why I support The Asia Foundation’s state-of-the-art digital library, Let’s Read, getting books into the hands of young readers.