Watoto Read

📚The simplest things make the biggest difference.

In 2023, Watoto Read distributed school supply kits, books, pencils, and erasers to refugee children in Chad. The result was extraordinary: school attendance jumped from 65% to 95%.

That's not just a statistic. That's hundreds of children who showed up, who stayed, who learned, because someone made sure they had the tools to do so.

Watoto Read has been quietly solving the overlooked barriers to education since our founding. Every donation makes this possible.

👉 Learn more about our work:
🔗 https://watotoread.com/our-work/

📌 70% of Refugee Households in Chad Skip Meals.

Over 70% of displaced households in Chad are skipping meals just to survive. A hungry child cannot focus. A hungry child cannot learn. Many simply stop coming to school.

Food security and education are deeply connected. That's why Watoto Read builds safe classrooms, distributes school kits, and sponsors girls' education, fighting to give every child a reason and a way to keep showing up.

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🪑 Your Gift Today Builds a Bench.

A child in Chad shouldn't have to learn from the dirt floor. But that's the reality in classrooms across Goz Beida, where benches are scarce and the school day stretches for hours.

Watoto Read builds sturdy, locally made benches that get children off the floor and into focused learning. Every bench is funded by people like you, and every bench changes the daily experience of the children who sit on it.

Your donation goes directly to the wood, the labor, and the children waiting to sit down.

Will you build a bench for a child today?
👉 Make your donation here:
❤️ https://watotoread.com/how-to-donate/

📌 1 in 5 Displaced Children in Chad Have No Education.

Nearly 1 in 5 displaced children in Chad have no access to education at all. Only 45% attend school regularly. The rest are sitting outside under trees, or not learning at all.

That's why Watoto Read builds classrooms, supplies benches, distributes school kits, and trains preschool teachers, fighting to bring education to every child who has been forgotten.

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✨ The First Classroom Matters the Most.

The earliest years are when a child's brain grows the fastest, and when a strong start can shape every classroom that comes after.

In Goz Beida, Chad, Watoto Read is rehabilitating preschool facilities and training preschool instructors so refugee children can begin learning from the very beginning. Songs, stories, letters, numbers, a teacher who knows how to nurture a curious mind.

That's not just early childhood education. That's a foundation, laid carefully, for every year of school that follows.

Watoto Read has been quietly solving the overlooked barriers to education since our founding. Every donation makes this possible.

👉 Learn more about our work:
🔗 https://watotoread.com/our-work/

🎓 Send a Refugee Girl to High School.

For a refugee girl in Malawi, the cost of high school is the difference between a finished education and a closed door.

Watoto Read is sponsoring 14 refugee girls all the way through high school graduation in 2026. They are studying, succeeding, and proving exactly what's possible when someone invests in them.

Your donation funds tuition, supplies, and the future of a girl who has waited long enough.

Will you sponsor a girl's education today?

👉 Make your donation here:
❤️ https://watotoread.com/how-to-donate/

📌 9 in 10 Refugee Women in Chad Have No Income.

In Chad, 9 out of 10 women-headed refugee households have no income at all. These are mothers feeding children, paying for school, and holding their families together with nothing.

When mothers have nothing, children can't stay in school. That's why Watoto Read distributes school kits, builds classrooms, and provides education, fighting to keep refugee children learning no matter what.

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🆘 Sudan war refugees pushed into hunger as livelihoods collapse

New research from the Norwegian Refugee Council reveals that families displaced by Sudan's war are facing extreme hunger, repeated displacement, and total collapse of their livelihoods. In Chad alone, over 70% of households are skipping meals, and 9 in 10 women-headed households have no income whatsoever.

Only 45% of displaced children have regular access to education, and nearly 1 in 5 have none at all.

This is the reality Watoto Read works to change every day. Education is a lifeline, and these children cannot afford to wait.

👉 Click the link to read the full article:
🔗 https://www.nrc.no/news/2026/sudan-war-refugees-pushed-into-hunger-as-livelihoods-collapse-across-the-region

🙏 Your Gift Goes Directly to a Child.

Right now, over 770 displaced and refugee children ages 3 to 5 in Chad's Lake Province are waiting for classrooms to be equipped so they can start learning. These are children who have already survived more than most adults ever will.
Watoto Read is funding:

✏️ Educational materials & learning kits
🪑 Classroom furniture
👩‍🏫 Training for 18 preschool teachers
💙 Individualized support for 12 children with special needs

Every dollar you give puts something tangible in the hands of a child.

👉 Be part of the change:
❤️ https://watotoread.com/how-to-donate/

📌 Chad Is One of the Poorest Countries on Earth.

Chad ranks 186 out of 189 countries on the Human Development Index. Nearly half the population lives on less than $1.90 a day. Over 56% of children under 5 suffer from malnutrition. Nearly 50% drop out before finishing primary school.

Refugee children arrive here with nothing. The odds are stacked against them, but education changes the odds. That's why Watoto Read is here.

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