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John Wood was born in 1964 in Connecticut and worked as an executive for Microsoft from 1991-1999. In 1998, he took a vacation to Nepal where he started "Books for Nepal" to donate books to schools. This later became Room to Read, which he co-founded in 2001 along with Dinesh Shrestha and Erin Ganju to focus on literacy and gender equality in education in developing countries. As of 2012, Room to Read has established over 1,600 schools and 13,500 libraries benefiting 6 million children across Asia and Africa.
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- 1. John Wood (Room to Read) LITERACY
- 2. JOHN WOOD ๏ต John Wood was born in January 1964, in Hartford Connecticut, where he spent his early childhood. ๏ต 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 ๏ต 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. ROOM TO READ ๏ต Wood took a vacation from his work at Microsoft in 1998 to trek through the Himalayas. ๏ต 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. HISTORY AND THE IMPACTS OF ROOM TO READ ๏ต Wood returned to the school with 3,000 booksโall donated in response to his email appeal to friends and family. ๏ต 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.
- 5. HISTORY OF ROOM TO READ ๏ต As of July 2012, Room to Read has established over 1,600 schools and 13,500 libraries, distributed 11 million books, and published 707 locallanguage children's booksโbenefiting 6 million children to date ๏ต 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
- 6. END CREDITS ๏ต Credits of the sources; ๏ต http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wood_(Room_to_Read) ๏ต team name ;team JJFR ๏ต JOEL HOO ๏ต LIM JUN BU ๏ต FARRELL KOH ๏ต RYAN LOH