The mission of Pacific Rim Voices is expressed in the phrase: Books and Water: Nourishing the Mind and Body. Firstly, it aims to promote understanding and empathy among young people of different backgrounds, countries, and ethnicities. It does this by promoting books and reading, encouraging literacy, developing understanding, and making reading a lifelong habit. Secondly, it engages with local communities to obtain access to clean water in areas of need,ensuring that the children it encourages to read will have access to the basic requirements of clean water and good sanitation.