Once a high-tech exec, he now shares his passion for reading in Asia and Africa.

Written by Paul Van Slambrouck - CS Monitor

Friday, 10 September 2010

Article Source: CS Monitor

John Wood has turned his love of books, reading, and education into more than 10,000 libraries through 'Room to Read.'

John Wood was in Nepal in 1998 when he chanced to meet an education official who invited him to visit a school. Moved by the school’s meager collection of castoff books, so precious they were kept under lock and key, he founded ‘Room to Read,’ which builds libraries and schools and provides books worldwide.

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