Every year, Room to Read hosts a literary festival featuring prominent local authors to promote literary works in Sri Lanka and use the funds to help our partner school, Vidyaloka, with any of the development work in their school, like building their school library. This event serves as a large fundraiser for our service group […]

After spending a year working with the students at Vidyaloka and funding the construction of their library, we at Room to Read felt it was high time we devise a creative new way of raising funds for our cause. After some brainstorming and referencing the fundraisers we have hosted in previous years (literary festivals, karaoke […]

As a service group, Room to Read concerns itself with the global issue of lack of literacy in the world but primarily in Sri Lanka. Through our initiatives, we hope to bridge the literacy gap present and create a positive impact on the youth in the community. One of our latest initiatives has been our […]

Since its opening, the Overseas School of Colombo has been dedicated to giving back to the community and paying it forward to the people of Sri Lanka. Being an international school, global services groups such as Housing for Habitat, Care for Paws, etc., have ‘branches’ that operate within OSC, run by a team of students […]