OUR STORIES

I’m amazed to see my....

 Mr. Jiwan Karki, a resident of Khairhani municipality is a....

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Transformation from a local village....

Laxmi Dhitang is a resident of Jahada rural municipality of....

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Developing entrepreneurship through the library

Khalil Miya is a 21-year-old from Pokhariya, Parsa. He failed....

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ABOUT US

READ Nepal traces its establishment back to 1991, when the trekking guide requested Toni (READ Founder) to establish library in his small village in Junbesi. This first library was established with just 800 books and a social enterprise to earn money to meet the operation cost of the community library. To identify the self-sustaining model for community libraries Toni worked with READ Nepal former Advisors who were Nepali intellectuals, educationists and development experts - Dr. Mohan Man Sainju, Prof. Suresh Raj Sharma, Prof. Dr. Shankar Raj Pathak, Rita Thapa and Dr. Shanti Basnet.

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OUR IMPACT

Our Impact

2.5 million

rural villagers have access to READ Centers.

184

for profit-enterprises launched to sustain READ Centers.

418

villagers are served by READ Centers.

68

Community Libraries





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