Adarna Group Foundation, Inc. envisions a Philippines where every Filipino child is a reader.

According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), literacy is an essential component of the right to education. It enables people to participate in society, improves child and family health and welfare, and broadens career and life opportunities. Still, the capacity to read remains a privilege: the Philippine learning poverty rate or the inability of Filipino children to read and comprehend a simple text by age ten is at 90% as of 2022.

Since its establishment as the corporate social responsibility arm of Adarna House and The Raya School in 2013, Adarna Group Foundation, Inc. has led the movement of partnering with local government units to promote early literacy. The foundation carries this legacy until today, with the creation of Step by Step. Step by Step has five programs that enable the community, parents, healthcare staff and child development workers to turn children into readers.

To date, Adarna Group Foundation, Inc. has provided 19,623 reading materials, supported 1,236 young learners, and capacitated 3,768 learning partners.

OUR VISION

Every Filipino Child a Reader

OUR MISSION

Promotion of early literacy with reading as a focus among 0 to 4 year old Filipino children in partnership with their parents, their LGU and community, and other like minded organizations

Adarna Group Foundation, Inc. is named after the Adarna bird, the mythical creature whose song could cure any affliction. Our logo–an image of this magical bird taking flight, its head turned to see where it came from–is the symbol of our dedication to the legacy of bringing the healing power of reading to Filipino children. And just like the Adarna bird, we look to our roots to give us direction as we take wing.