John Wood was a Microsoft executive who was inspired to start Books for Nepal after seeing the lack of resources in rural Nepalese schools. He left his job at Microsoft to focus full-time on collecting book donations. In 2001, he co-founded Room to Read with Dinesh Shrestha and Erin Ganju to focus on literacy and gender equality in education in developing countries across Asia and Africa. Room to Read has built over 2,400 schools, opened 18,000 libraries with 16 million books, and published 1,200 children's books to support literacy.

1. John Wood

2. Who is he?
He was an overworked microsoft executive ( Microsoft's director of business
development)He ran significant parts of Microsoft's international
business, as the Director of Marketing for the Asia-Pacific Division,
Director of the Internet Customer Unit for Microsoft Australia, and
Director of Marketing for Microsoft Australia.
In 1988, While hiking in the Himalayas, John met a Nepalese "Education
Resource Officer" who invited him to visit a school in a neighbouring
village where he was confronted with the inadequacy of schools in rural
areas of the developing world, as he say that the school was severely
unequipped, which includes a library with little to no books left.

3. Upon seeing Wood's reaction to the lack of books, the school’s headmaster
suggested, "Perhaps, sir, you will someday come back with books," which
inspired Wood to solicit book donations from family and friends via email sent
from an Internet cafe in Kathmandu.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. What is Room to Read?
Wood co-founded Room to Read in 2001 with Dinesh Shrestha and Erin Ganju. 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.

5. Impact of Room to Read
Room to Read has led over 2,400 school infrastructure projects, opened over
18,000 libraries filled with 16 million books, and published over 1,200 original
new local-language children's book titles with local authors and artists. There
are over 37,000 girls who have benefited from participation in the
organization's long-term girls education program

6. Credits;Sources
http://www.leavingmicrosoftbook.com/author.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wood_(activist)
http://bb.valuesventure.com/LearnResources.aspx
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