Funding Education for Refugees Worldwide
Our Mission
READ is on a mission to eliminate the cost-barrier to education for refugees and displaced persons around the world.
What we do
The Refugee Education and Development Project (READ) is a non-profit organization that supports and funds quality education for refugees and displaced persons seeking vocational training, developmental education, or other support in educational endeavors.
Why we do it
READ believes that education is a human right. We seek to develop and empower the next generation of leaders in the world’s most persecuted communities and to raise awareness surrounding the education crisis for people whose lives have been uprooted due to wars, conflicts, natural disasters, or other unforeseen circumstances.
The Problem
Limited access to education
Out of the 26 million individuals identified as refugees worldwide, only 3 percent have access to higher education.
Minimal governmental support
The US government only pays refugees up to 3 months of support, plus welfare, to set up their new life. Once this support ends, many find themselves struggling to start a new life.
Education often takes the back burner
Needing to pay for food and shelter makes educational costs take the back burner. Yet, refugees are actively seeking opportunities for re-training and education to rebuild a life similar to the one they once had.
But there is still hope
The READ project aims to solve this problem. We were founded to ensure that those who actively seek to obtain a quality education can rely on us to help facilitate it.