About

READ is a 35 year old Jesuit social centre that undertakes a variety of community based innovative interventions aimed at the educational mainstreaming and human resource development of the most excluded communities. Community mobilization, supplementary education Centres, child resource centers, short and long duration residential training programmes, leadership training, conscientization and soft skill development, etc., are integral parts of this comprehensive educational strategy. The objective is to create a new generation of educated youth among the underprivileged sections of society who are committed to constitutional values, secular and scientific outlook, and to provide leadership to the empowerment process of their community. The text book for informal Education is produced from READ.

Organization Vision

To build an egalitarian and self-reliant society founded on human values.

Organization Mission

To accompany the poor, to help themselves to solve the problems of lack of human capital, economic poverty, exploitation, gender bias, etc. and access them to government and other welfare programmes through a process of sensitization and organization.

Organization Objectives

Empower and capacitate the poor to enable them to realize their human and constitutional rights.

REACH

2
Projects

1
Districts

10
Blocks

25
Panchayats

45
Villages

Programs

Education

Women Empowerment

Achievements so far (As on Dec.2019)

Supplementary Education Centers (SECs)

Children in (SECs)

862

Human Resource Centers (HRCs)

Children in (HRCs)

336

Mother’s committee (Mata Samiti)

Members in Mata Samiti

333

AWCs engaged with

Children in AWCs

501

Govt. School Engaged with

Children in Govt. Schools

7396

Youth groups

Members in Adolescent groups

227

Children completed secondary school (Class X)

346

Testimonials

Fr. Joyson Fernandez, SJ
READ

My experience with the Musahar community in Champaran has been a very enlighten journey. This has been a one to one educational support. READ has been the frontier in supporting the Musahars in empowering the community through education and inculcating leadership and sustainable growth. The geneses of Musahar education began with a Non-formal educational initiatives thirty years back. And today it has gradually grown as beacon of light to progress in the path of education for the downtrodden. On the other hand, the community has taught me to be patient and build in a humane approach in dealing with grass root situations.

Pramukh Manjhi
Student

I am Pramukh Manjhi hailing from Ganouli, West Champaran Bihar. At present I am pursuing my Intermediate studies in Science staying at READ. READ has been my home for the past 4 year and for me it’s a place of inclusive formation and total transformation. It’s a home for the children who are poor, oppressed and marginalized. In READ there are facilities with several opportunities to learn new things, discover my potencies and care for others growth as well. We come from different cultures, traditions, regions, religions and learn to live as one family. Our formation is not just intellectual but intertwined with all the aspects of being a balanced human person. Discipline is the hallmark of our life here. Along with bookish learning we are also introduced to responsible members by assigning different duties to be performed. This has made me self-confident and self-reliant and I am grateful for making me a person true to my name ‘’ ‘PRAMUKH’ meaning Leader of Chief.