Who we are:
The Worthy Project is an Orange County founded Nonprofit aimed at providing underprivileged children with learning materials. Reading is a lifelong habit, providing resources to children empowers and makes them passionate about education. To break barriers, change starts with the youth.
Photographed: Iloilo City, Philippines.
Since 2015, over 393 million children have failed to gain basic literacy skills by age 10.
- Save the Children
Having at least one book at home nearly doubles the likelihood of a child being on track for literacy, with the effect strongest in the poorest countries.
-Unicef
Only 51.8% of children across surveyed countries have even one children's book at home.
-Journal of Global Health