Teach someone to read

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Your gift provides literacy and language classes, learning materials, and qualified teachers for refugees and displaced people helping them support their families, connect with their communities, and build brighter futures.
  • Illustration of a teacher reading a book to a group of children who are sitting on the ground and appear to be enjoying the story.
  • Two women wearing hijabs sitting at small desks with newspapers and pens.
  • Group of women sitting in a classroom setting, taking notes or participating in a discussion.
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"I am happy with myself and my children are proud of me. I am now more confident and more connected." – Akilah, Lebanon

Your gift helps people like Akilah unlock a skill that changes everything, the ability to read.

When war forced Akilah to flee her home, she arrived in Lebanon with her four sons and no English, the language they were being taught at school. Unable to help with homework or communicate with teachers, she felt isolated and cut off from her children's lives.

She signed up for CAFOD-funded English classes run by local partners. Slowly, everything shifted. She learned to read and write in English, started helping her sons with their schoolwork, and began meeting weekly with a group of friends, from both refugee and Lebanese communities to read and discuss stories together.

What began as language classes became something much bigger: confidence, friendship, and a renewed sense of belonging.

Your gift provides expert-led literacy and language classes, learning materials, and qualified teachers for refugees and displaced people who need them most. Reading opens doors to education, employment, and community and for families starting over, it can make all the difference.

Give the gift of literacy today and help people unlock their full potential.

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"I am happy with myself and my children are proud of me. I am now more confident and more connected." – Akilah, Lebanon

Your gift helps people like Akilah unlock a skill that changes everything, the ability to read.

When war forced Akilah to flee her home, she arrived in Lebanon with her four sons and no English, the language they were being taught at school. Unable to help with homework or communicate with teachers, she felt isolated and cut off from her children's lives.

She signed up for CAFOD-funded English classes run by local partners. Slowly, everything shifted. She learned to read and write in English, started helping her sons with their schoolwork, and began meeting weekly with a group of friends, from both refugee and Lebanese communities to read and discuss stories together.

What began as language classes became something much bigger: confidence, friendship, and a renewed sense of belonging.

Your gift provides expert-led literacy and language classes, learning materials, and qualified teachers for refugees and displaced people who need them most. Reading opens doors to education, employment, and community and for families starting over, it can make all the difference.

Give the gift of literacy today and help people unlock their full potential.

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