UNCC300 Assessment 1: Room to Read and a Just Global Community

This project provides an overview of Room to Read, a non-profit organization focused on improving literacy rates and gender equality in education. It highlights the organization's mission, projects, and global reach, particularly in low-income communities and areas with gender disparities. The project emphasizes Room to Read's contribution to creating a more just and harmonious global community by educating children, especially girls, and promoting sustainable development. It also discusses the potential professional contributions of a nursing student to the organization, focusing on health and well-being initiatives for children. The analysis underscores the importance of addressing health beliefs and raising awareness to improve overall community health, complementing Room to Read's educational efforts.

Room to Read
Overview of Organisation
• Room to Read is a non-profit organisation that is
working to improve literacy rates and changing the
way people view gender in educational settings.
• It was set up in 2000 and its headquarter is situated
in San Francisco, California. It is currently actively
involved in countries like South Africa, Zambia,
Tanzania, Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Laos
and Vietnam.
• The organisation was set up on the belief that in
order to change the world, it is necessary to
educate children first.
• The organisation works in rural and remote areas by
collaborating with local agencies and government to
provide education opportunities at grassroot level.
• Not only did the organisation focuses on improving
literacy among the girls but encouraged them to
inculcate a habit of reading among them (Room to
read, 2019).
Contribution for a just global community
• The belief of the organisation for creating a just and better world
is dependent on the children who are the future. In order to
create a more just, harmonious and fair environment it is
necessary that the children are educated and provided with a
view which focuses on sustainable and equitable growth for
everyone.
• It focuses at the grassroot level, at low-income communities and
in societies that are gender skewed. It promotes families to give a
chance to their daughters and creates a safe, secure environment
for them to learn alongside boys. Girls receive further help to
complete their education up to at least secondary level.
• Room to Read is actively involved in Jordan, where at least
500,000 Arabic children are present who are housed in Syrian
refugee camps. The organisation distributed Arabic books for
children to read and enjoy.
• If the currents trends of illiteracy and population increase is
allowed to continue in India,. It will have 50% of the world’s
illiterate by the end of 2020. This is likely to hamper the growth
and development of the country. The organisation has reached
out to at least 3.3 million children all over India by creating an
effective curriculum that included learning and growth (Room to
read, 2019).
• Students in Africa do not have an access to books in their native
language which makes it difficult for them to learn to read and
write.
• The Room to Read is able to make a great impact because even if
it is a non-profit organisation, it works on the systems that are fit
for profit driven private organisations. They set ambitious goals
and strive to achieve it through the help of investors and
stakeholders (Room to read, 2019).
My Professional Contribution
• As a student of nursing, I have plenty to contribute
through my profession. The profession is focused on
creating a health and disease free environment for
people.
• I would be able to help the Room to Read
organisation by adding on to their agenda. They can
also focus on the health and well being of children,
especially girls who are about to reach puberty. It
has been seen that in most countries, girl child are
neglected and mostly undernourished compared to
their male siblings.
• As a nurse, it is my duty to provide patient-centred
care and to treat them to a partner, capable of
making a decision and is actively participated in
their journey to better health.
• Raising awareness is also an aspect of my
profession. It is seen that sometimes people have
bizarre health beliefs that do not allow them to
maintain their health. It is essential to raise
awareness among the general public so that they
are more concerned about their health. This way
people can take a step on their own to maintain
their health.
References
• Room to read, (2019), About us, Retrieved from
https://www.roomtoread.org/about-us/
• Room to read, (2017), Ways Room to Read is Improving
Worldwide Literacy Retrieved from
https://www.roomtoread.org/the-latest/5-ways-room-to-
read-is-improving-worldwide-literacy/
• Hackett, J. D., Omoto, A. M., & Matthews, M. (2015). Human
rights: The role of psychological sense of global community.
Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 21(1), 47.
Introduction
• The aim of this poster to examine the work of a non-profit
organisation called the “Room to Read”. The poster will provide
a brief understanding of how the organisation is making an
impact on the global community to make it a more just and
harmonious place to live in.
• The concept of a global community has arisen from a need for
consolidating humans, nations, communities to form a greater
and more comprehensive society that is all accommodative
(Hackett, Omoto & Matthews, 2015).
• This is an approachable and comprehensible concept today
because the world has been made smaller through the
advancements in telecommunications, transport and trade.
• The concept is based on a relationship between the countries,
communities and it can be used to create a closely knit
community that is responsible for the development and
betterment of each other.
(Source: Room to read, 2019)