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01 Jun 2007
Reaching New Heights
Topics: Career-Career ChangesCareer-Career ChangesEducation-Schools, Libraries, MuseumsDemographics-LiteracySocial Enterprise-Nonprofit OrganizationsFirst-year students in Section G raised nearly $12,000 toward the construction of a new primary school in Nepal after hearing a presentation from former Microsoft executive John Wood. After a trek in the Annapurna region, Wood quit his job and seven-figure stock option package to start, in 1999, a nonprofit to help build schools and libraries in Nepal and supply them with books, the Harbus reported. With expansion into Southeast Asia and soon into Latin America and Africa, Wood’s Room to Read has established 3,600 libraries, built 287 schools, donated 1.4 million books, and funded more than 2,000 scholarships for girls.
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