Mission

Ready for Reading is a non profit organization currently working to fund the construction and equipping of a Community Library and Learning Center in Rwinkwavu, in the Eastern Province of Rwanda, serving a district population of 21,000. Our aim in building the Community Library and Learning Center is to advance literacy and learning through community based initiatives and support the professional development of literacy teachers and librarians. Ready for Reading works in collaboration with Rwandan librarians and teachers to design programming to facilitate learning and the acquisition of language and IT skills, foster a culture of reading and provide access to global information for students, teachers and the larger population. The attainment of these skills offers individuals and the community as a whole, the ability to achieve sustainable socio-economic transformation. We envision and have designed the Community Library and Learning Center to serve as the educational, cultural and information hub of the community.