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FT appeal for literacy charity raises $4.3m
The Financial Times’ seasonal appeal on behalf of the charity Room to Read, which supports child literacy in the developing world, has raised a grand total of $4,330,758
US pledge boosts FT’s literacy appeal
A California-based foundation has added £250,000 to the pool of funds available to match readers’ donations to the Room to Read charity
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David Pilling on Room to Read
The FT’s Asia editor, David Pilling, looks back at his visits to the charity’s projects in Laos, Nepal and Sri Lanka
Room to Read in Laos
In this report David Pilling describes Room to Read’s work in Laos, where the charity has helped to build libraries and schools, providing opportunities for children and breaking the cycle of poverty
Why donate to Room to Read
John Wood, Room to Read’s executive chairman, explains to FT deputy editor Martin Dickson how a trip to a school in Nepal inspired him to leave his job as a Microsoft executive and found his charity
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Schools are a luxury not a right in Nepal
Room to Read scholarships for girls help increase income and health prospects of a family and improve the chance that the next generation receives education, writes David Pilling
Drawing out talent to create children’s books
In Sri Lanka, Room to Read is having a tangible impact on the publishing industry by running competitions and workshops to create high-quality books for pre-schoolers, writes David Pilling
Room to Read’s results in Sri Lanka
An orphan whose reading ability has come on by leaps and bounds tells David Pilling about his ‘favourite place on earth’ – a bright and airy library built by the charity
Helping children get the habit
Room to Read will have established more than 700 libraries in Laos since it began operations there in 2005 – no mean feat in a country with just 8,400 primary schools
Room to Read helps educate Laotian women
In just five years, the charity will have established nearly 700 libraries, built 140 schools and put more than 800 girls on long-term scholarships, writes David Pilling
Villagers dig deep to fill education gap
Charity money and the toil of a local construction committee – composed mostly of grandmothers – helped build a new pre-school in a village in Sri Lanka, writes David Pilling
Servant to schoolgirl
Asha was once sold into servitude but is now attending school thanks to the charity, which provides educational opportunities for the poor. She tells David Pilling her extraordinary story
All sitting comfortably?
David Pilling, the FT’s Asia editor, takes a look at Room to Read, the charity chosen for this year’s seasonal appeal
884m people still await access to clean water
The FT’s seasonal appeal last year has helped WaterAid reach 1.14m people with safe water and more than 2m people with sanitation
