Success Stories

In 2013, I used to live in Qom. I already had a degree in Sociology and a master in Mysticism and Sufism. In that time while I was still studying traditional school of theology, I started to work as...

Asma refugee from zaatri camp she was married at 16 did not finish school moved to Jordan during the Syrian crisis with two children and her husband. She just had a miscarriage and was depressed. In 2014 Asma learned...

After discovering a newly renovated library in her neighborhood in Ghana, and hearing that there were not enough hands to carry out reading sessions for children, Pricilla was determined to make something happen herself! “I came across the We...

We Love Reading Ambassador Adala Hussien Abu Medien is reading aloud to children with down syndrome at the Abdel Mohsin Al Qattan Foundation Child Centre in Gaza in Palestine. Reading aloud to children with down syndrome helps them improve...

Heba el-Omari sat proudly in front of a tree painted on the walls of a community center. Each branch of the tree held up a storybook on a shelf. “It took us a long time to prepare this,” she...

Dina Almawed from Ein Alhelweh camp/ Lebanon. Started reading on Sat 3/2/2019, shared her reading photos with high enthusiasm and excitement. How did she know about the program? Actually all of this had happened by a coincidence! I was...

The Story of Hamzeh Abu Slaih, our reading ambassador in Madaba, Jordan Gather the kids around, pick a book from your bag, read out the words, show the drawings and the pictures, spread the happiness everywhere, and little by...

The story of Aya Mustafa , our reading ambassador in Norway On Saturday April 21, 2018, we held our first We Love Reading session in the public library of my city. At first, I was a little bit nervous...

The story of Gabriela Patoska, WLR Ambassador in Macedonia As a part of the Pennsylvania Abroad program, a group of students from the University of Pennsylvania visited the We Love Reading head office in Jordan in May 2018. The...

Story of Liliana Rodolao, WLR Ambassador in Argentina My name is Liliana Rodolao and I’m from Buenos Aires, Argentina. I found out about the We Love Reading initiative thanks to my son’s teacher, Cristina. She asked her students to...