A vibrant celebration of reading and creativity took place at “Let’s Read In the Park”, bringing joy and inspiration to children across Dhaka. Supported by The Asia Foundation and organized…
From May 31 to June 1, The Asia Foundation’s Let’s Read team in Bangladesh organized a Capacity-Building Training session for its partner organizations. The event, held in collaboration with Light…
In Nepal, our Let’s Read initiative is continuing to cultivate a love of books and reading through interactive and community-focused literature festivals. The initiative draws on The Asia Foundation’s deep…
This year, The Asia Foundation’s longest-running program, Books for Asia, has taken a momentous step as it completes its metamorphosis into the Let’s Read children’s storybook initiative. Launched at the…
Reading can exert a powerful influence on children’s social and emotional development. Storybooks and young-adult fiction can introduce children to characters and situations that expand their capacity for empathy and…
Children’s natural inclination towards visuals over text makes compelling illustrations crucial to children’s book production. Early readers also have a limited vocabulary, making illustration essential for expressing ideas challenging to…
The Asia Foundation is a nonprofit international development organization committed to improving lives and expanding opportunities across Asia and the Pacific. Informed by decades of experience and deep local expertise,…
Dinh Thi Kieu Nhung is responsible for education programming at The Asia Foundation in Vietnam, managing scholarship programs for disadvantaged girls and young women, vocational training programs, and job-ready training…
In Indonesia, one of the factors behind the low literacy rate among children is a lack of access to interesting reading materials. Schools need to implement engaging reading into their…
Ensuring children have books in their local language that reflect their lives is essential to the learning journey. On August 8 and 9, seven retired schoolteachers with 100 years of…
The Let’s Read program supports children in Asia and the Pacific to build strong early reading skills and develop a genuine love of reading, focusing on promoting reading opportunities among…