Room to Read and the FT

The Financial Times has selected Room to Read, a charity which promotes literacy and educational opportunities for children in the developing world, for its 2009 seasonal charity appeal to readers. The seaonal appeal,which runs from November to January, has raised nearly £2.4m over the past three years for WaterAid, which helps people access safe water and sanitation, and Camfed International, which supports the education of girls in Africa.

Room to Read estimates that more than 300m children around the world do not have access to education. To help reduce that number it works with communities in the developing world to establish libraries, create local language children’s books, build schools, and provide scholarships for girls.