Read to Rise

Read to Rise is located in Cape Town, South Africa on Cnr & Streets, 10 Dreyer Street, Claremont,. Read to Rise is rated 5 out of 5 in the category non-profit organization in South Africa. A non-profit organisation that promotes youth literacy in under-resourced communities in South Africa. We hope to inspire children to read and give them access to the new, age-appropriate story books. We don't just drop off the books, rather we visit the school with volunteers and have an interactive session with each class. Sadly, many children in our communities have never owned a book before and most primary schools do not have a school library. We believe that book ownership is important in igniting a child's love for reading, so we give a new story book to each learner. We also place a Mini-Library with 50 new story books in every class. Children who love to read, will excel at school and go on to become constructive members of society. It all starts with reading. We are an official partner to the Department of Basic Education. To date, we have conducted programmes in over 2,400 classes in Mitchells Plain, Makhado and Soweto, and given out over 115,000 new story books!