RISE UP & READ
Helping Migrant Children. Reading Together.
How we create libraries in migrant camps out of easy to find materials...
Our Mission
Our mission is to reduce toxic stress experienced by refugee, migrant and asylum seeking children by promoting literacy and attachment through shared reading.
Our Vision
Displaced children and caregivers will have access to reading resources along the migrant trail for creating safe and calm moments for shared reading. This will reduce toxic stress and promote healthy emotional development for these at-risk children.
Our Strategies...
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Through partnerships. We work with local volunteers at encampments, other NGOs, and two graduate universities in the USA and Mexico.
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Through physical books. We support Pop-Up Libraries inside the encampments by providing books, guidance and a safe place to gather.
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Through an internet portal. We maintain a website hosting age-appropriate stories that can be accessed by a parent with a smart phone.
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Through education. We work with parents to help them understand the value of reading to their children, in terms of literacy and emotional development.
