About We Love Reading
We Love Reading inspires children to read for fun through our research-backed read-aloud program, training local volunteers to read to children in their neighborhoods Changing mindsets through reading to create changemakers.
WHAT WE DO
WLR Ambassadors Training
WLR trains local volunteers to read aloud to children in their community, providing them with skills and knowledge to create a neighborhood library.
Children’s Books Development
We have developed 32 children’s books about the environment, empathy, social cohesion, nonviolence, refugees, gender, and disabilities.
Research And Studies
Since WLR’s founding, we have partnered with top institutions to conduct rigorous research on our read-aloud program.
WHY WE ARE UNIQUE
Simple
The WLR model is designed to be simple and accessible, making it easily adaptable to diverse cultural, linguistic, and socio-economic contexts.
Flexible
The flexibility and cost-effectiveness of our community-based model allows it to easily spread across borders, and also makes it the ideal basis for a reading movement.
Sustainable
WLR believes in “paying it forward”—we train community members to encourage the love of reading in children, who pass that love onto their peers and families.
Grassroots
This is a social movement, one that leverages collective action at the local level to create change within the community and throughout society.
Evidence-Based
We strive to empirically demonstrate the impact the program has on society, children, and Reading Ambassadors.
LATEST NEWS & STORIES
THE ISLAMIC SCIENTIST WHO MADE THE WORLD READ
Rana Dajani is a Jordanian-born PhD in molecular biology, an expert in genetics and...
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UNESCO International Literacy Prizes Jury meets to choose the best literacy programmes in the context of COVID-19
On 16 -21 July 2020, an online meeting of the International Jury of the UNESCO...
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“Dad, read us a story!”
It is exciting to announce that We Love Reading has collaborated with a scholar...
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Panel: The Potential For Learning Technologies in Middle East & North Africa
Background of the Futures Forum on Learning: The Futures Forum on Learning seeks to...
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Reading rhymes with mental health benefits and resilience in Jordan
The We Love Reading (WLR) programme from Jordan received the UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize in...
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We Love Reading was featured in South-Led Stories of Impact Ashoka WISE Up
WISE is the Women’s Initiative for Social Entrepreneurship, a program with the goal of...
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