John Wood was born in 1964 in Connecticut and grew up in Pennsylvania. He has degrees from the University of Colorado and Northwestern University. He worked at Microsoft from 1991-1999 before taking a vacation to Nepal where he was inspired to start Books for Nepal after seeing a school with few books. This later became Room to Read, which he co-founded in 2001 to focus on literacy and gender equality in education in developing countries. As of 2012, Room to Read has benefited over 6 million children.

2.  John Wood was born in January 1964, in Hartford,
Connecticut, where he spent his early childhood.
His family later settled in Athens, Pennsylvania,
where he attended high school. He holds a
bachelor's degree from the University of Colorado,
and a master's degree in business administration
from the Kellogg Graduate School of
Management at Northwestern University.
 From 1991-1999, John Wood worked as an
executive for Microsoft. His positions included
Director of Marketing for Australia, Director of
Marketing for the Asia-Pacific region and Director
of Business Development for Greater China.

3.  Wood took a vacation from his work at Microsoft in 1998 to
trek through the Himalayas. While trekking, he met a
“resource director” for the schools in the Annapurna Circuit
of Nepal, with whom he visited a primary school that
contained 450 children and only a handful of books—none
age-appropriate.
 Upon seeing Wood's reaction to the lack of books, this
inspired Wood to solicit book donations from family and
friends via email sent from an Internet cafe in Kathmandu.
 A year later, Wood returned to the school with 3,000 books--
all donated in response to his email appeal to friends and
family. Soon thereafter, he left his job at Microsoft entirely to
devote himself full-time to Books for Nepal, a side project
that would eventually form the foundation for Room to
Read.

4.  Wood officially co-founded Room to Read in 2001 with Dinesh
Shrestha and Erin Ganju. Currently operating in ten countries
throughout Asia and Africa (the organization focuses on
increasing literacy and gender equality in education in developing
countries. Its programs develop literacy skills and a habit of
reading among primary school children, and support girls to
complete secondary school with the relevant life skills to succeed
in school and beyond.
 The organization celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2010, which
included the opening of its 10,000th library, construction of its
1,000th school, and support of its 10,000th girl through the
organization's Girls' Education program.
 As of July 2012, Room to Read has established over 1,600 schools
and 13,500 libraries, distributed 11 million books, and published
707 local-language children's books—benefiting 6 million children
to date.

5.  Wood authored his first children's book, Zak the Yak with Books on
His Back, in 2010. The book, written in rhyme and illustrated by
Nepali artist Abin Shrestha, tells the story of Room to Read in a
manner accessible to school children. Wood has said that with the
book he aims to inspire children to take action. Self-published by
Room to Read with costs underwritten by The Republic of Tea, all
revenue from Zak the Yak goes directly to the organization's
programs.
 This are the examples of his books:
 Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: An Entrepreneur's Odyssey to
Educate the World's Children. (Harper Collins, 2006)
 "Memo to Billionaires--We're Ready for You." (with Matt Flannery
of Kiva) CNBC.com (September 27, 2010)

6. Done By: law Jia Hao (Group Leader),
Choo Chiang Hee (Group Member),
Ryan Chng (Group Member)
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