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Stories

Impact stories from the schools and villages we work with.

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2 stories

Blog
What 4,000 reading assessments told us
Two things surprised us. One of them sent us into the eyesight business.
Published: 24 Apr 2026Reading time: 2 min read
Impact story
Sometimes the answer is spectacles, not books
Fourteen per cent of the children we screened had uncorrected refractive error. A pair of spectacles costs ₹340 and moves a reading level faster than anything else we do.
Published: 10 Jan 2026Reading time: 2 min read

Let’s build a literate tomorrow

Run a Saturday reading hour, catalogue a school library or help at a book distribution. Give a few hours; a child keeps the habit for life.

Field notes

Impact stories from the schools and villages we work with.

2 stories

Blog
What 4,000 reading assessments told us
Two things surprised us. One of them sent us into the eyesight business.
Published: 24 Apr 2026Reading time: 2 min read
Impact story
Sometimes the answer is spectacles, not books
Fourteen per cent of the children we screened had uncorrected refractive error. A pair of spectacles costs ₹340 and moves a reading level faster than anything else we do.
Published: 10 Jan 2026Reading time: 2 min read

Let’s build a literate tomorrow

Run a Saturday reading hour, catalogue a school library or help at a book distribution. Give a few hours; a child keeps the habit for life.