World Change Starts With Educated Children
Room to Read Headquarters on Squidoo
You're invited to help Room to Read build schools , establish libraries, and fund scholarships for young girls - programs that will make all the difference in the lives of millions of children in the developing world.
And all it takes is 10 minutes.
How? Simply create an easy-to-build web page (what we call a "lens") about any subject at all -- your favorite books, a hobby, your business, your last vacation, whatever.
No matter what subject you choose, you'll be generating royalties for Room to Read, every month, forever. And your page will also help Room to Read raise awareness for new programs, spreading the word to thousands of new potential supporters.
Just click the big orange button to get started. Thanks for supporting Room to Read and for giving the lifelong gift of education to children throughout the developing world!
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Joni Mitchell
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A Book by Room to Read's Founder, John Wood
Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: An Entrepreneur's Odyssey to Educate the World's Children
Amazon Price: $17.13 (as of 05/17/2008)
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Room to Read partners with local communities throughout the developing world to establish schools, libraries, and other educational infrastructure. We seek to intervene early in the lives of children in the belief that education is a lifelong gift that empowers people to ultimately improve socioeconomic conditions for their families, communities, countries, and future generations. Through the opportunities that only an education can provide, we strive to break the cycle of poverty, one child at a time.
Since our inception in 2000, Room to Read has impacted the lives of over 1.1 million children by:* Constructing over 220 schools;
* Establishing over 3,300 libraries;
* Publishing over 100 new local language children's titles representing over 900,000 books;
* Donating over 1.2 million English language children's books; and
* Funding over 2,300 long-terms girls' scholarships * Establishing 108 computer and language labs.
