Read Foundation

READ Foundation

Logo of READ Foundation
Motto Helping society through quality-oriented, value-based and purposeful education and capacity building
Formation 1994
Type Nonprofit organization
Purpose To address the dire need for education and literacy in Pakistan
Headquarters Islamabad, Pakistan
Region served
Azad Kashmir, Gilgit Baltistan, Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Website Official Website, UK Website

The READ Foundation is a non-profit educational network in rural Pakistan. The READ Foundation runs a network of 339 schools in eight districts of Pakistan including Murree, Gilgit-Baltistan and the outskirts of Islamabad and Rawalpindi. It has 3,277 teachers and serves 70,000 children including 7,000 orphans.[1][2]

References

  1. READ foundation website
  2. Rebuilding lives by Hassan Choudary The Express Tribune with the International Herald Tribune July 18th, 2010 Accessed July 27, 2010
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