Being able to read and understand what you are reading is a basic human right. To fully participate in a democratic society, you as an individual need to make crucial life decisions, contribute, influence and be source-critical. Without good reading-comprehension you are limited and depended on others.

To read it doesn't mean to read the letters or words - but to be able to see within and behind the text. It's also about being able to understand what you are reading - an important prerequisite for joyful reading. Another important aspect of reading is the content, it must feel relevant to the student, but without reading comprehension, the content will always be difficult to understand. The reader can get answers to questions contained in the text, between the lines, and beyond the text. They can make connections to themselves, other texts and to the outside world. In those classes where teachers dedicate time to actively work on reading comprehension, you can see children dare to ask more questions and draw their own conclusions based on the answers. They ask follow-up questions and listen to each other.

By providing children and young adults with reading tools such as reading comprehension strategies, we help them understand different types of texts. They learn to analyze texts of different kinds, critically review, listen to each other, compare, and discuss, thus acquiring the conditions for becoming independent and thinking individuals. Abilities that are important in all subjects and a prerequisite for successful schooling.

Do you agree with this? Then help us by donating so that more children and young people in Kosovo get a chance to learn to read and improve their reading comprehension.