Join the mission: Support children in building a strong and joyful reading habit

“I love the Turning Pages sessions! We read amazing storybooks and have fun with our friends, doing activities and discussing the books. I look forward to Wednesdays because that's when I will read another new book!” says Ansh, a Grade 5 student in Mumbai.

Ansh echoes the sentiments of thousands of students like him who have benefited from the Turning Pages program, over the past four years. Currently, Turning Pages Foundation works with over 3000 students and 110 teachers across 12 schools in Karnataka and Maharashtra. 

Your support for Turning Pages Foundation can ensure that thousands more children gain access to quality books, cultivate a strong and joyful reading habit and pave the way for a brighter future.

Charitable donations to this fundraising campaign are tax exempted under 80G of the Income Tax Act (India). Donate easily through UPI, all debit/credit cards and net banking. 

Our Mission

Turning Pages Foundation is on a mission to bring the lifelong benefits of strong and joyful reading habits to all children. With the vision of building a world of joyful readers, Turning Pages Foundation collaborates with under served schools and communities to foster a sustainable reading culture. 

Why is this important?

Large-scale educational surveys* repeatedly publish alarming statistics revealing that a majority of children in Indian schools struggle to read at their grade levels. This brings in a fear of reading that creates a lifetime of disadvantage.

Global research shows that the benefits of reading for pleasure are far-reaching. Children who enjoy reading

• perform better at school
• have sharper critical thinking and problem solving skills
• have better social and emotional well-being.

How does Turning Pages support children to build strong reading habits?

Our approach focusses on the most powerful influence in a child's educational journey, the school and their teachers. We instill a love for reading through our holistic "whole-school reading culture" program, which includes comprehensive partnership with teachers, school leadership and parents.

Our "joyful reading sessions" give children access to expertly curated storybooks from the best in Indian children's literature, they experience read-alouds, stimulating discussions and engage in fun activities.

As children find joy in reading, they read more, enhancing their reading skills, which in turn fuels their love for reading—a virtuous cycle we are committed to nurturing.

More detail can be found here https://www.turningpages.org.in/

How will your contribution support the mission?

Building a sustainable reading culture involves training and mentoring teachers, purchasing storybooks and running events that celebrate reading in our schools. Given the nature of schools we work with, we have to bear almost this entire cost on our own.

Your contribution will support the running of the program in under served schools, enabling children discover the magic of reading in a supportive, resource rich environment.

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*ASER (Annual State of Education Report) is the largest survey of learning outcomes of children in India. Being run since 2008, it has given evidence of large gaps in the reading ability of school children. Consistently, less than 50% of children in Grade 5 are found to be able to read at Grade 2 levels.