Melody Zavala

Authentic storybooks are powerful tools for social change. Hear how The Asia Foundation’s Let’s Read initiative is building a generation of readers who embrace diversity and expect equity. Featuring Melody Zavala, Senior Director, Books for Asia, The Asia Foundation Sharareh Bajracharya, Founder and Executive Director, Srijanalaya Nikita Desai, Ass… Read more

9:30 am EST: Arrivals 10:00 am–11:00 am EST: Discussion Christie’s New York, 20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY In September 2019, The Asia Foundation launched its regional Let’s Read initiative in Myanmar where only four percent of the nation’s 53 million children have books at home. To overcome book scarcity across Asia, Let’s Read brings togethe… Read more

Today, The Asia Foundation unveiled Let’s Read, Asia’s free digital library for children, a locally-driven solution to book scarcity in Asia. During remarks delivered at the annual Comparative & International Education Society (CIES) conference in San Francisco, Director Melody Zavala, Associate Director Kyle Barker, and Program Specialist Morg… Read more

The Asia Foundation’s Books for Asia program was honored as a 2017 Library of Congress Literacy Awards Program Best Practice Honoree at a November 27 event at the Library’s historic Thomas Jefferson Building. Following on the awards announcement in September, the celebration event featured leaders representing organizations from around the world sh… Read more