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Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone
With Room to Read Founder, John Wood
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@roomtoread
@johnwoodRTR
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I got out of my Comfort Zone and found the world needed changing.
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781 million people on this planet are illiterate.
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It is estimated that 250 million childrenare not learning the basics.
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Women and girls make up 2/3 of those illiterate.
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World Change Starts with Educated
Children. ®
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Literacy Gender Equality in Education
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BHAG: 10 Million Children by 2020
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Our Global Footprint10 Program Countries
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Our Global FootprintVolunteer Chapters in 48 Cities, Across 13 Countries
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1,158 children’s book titles published
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> 15.6 million books distributed
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Confucius Literacy Prize
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>1,900 classroom blocks constructed
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>10,000 trained teachers and librarians
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> 30,000 Girls’ Education participants supported
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> 17,500 libraries established
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Regular research, monitoring and evaluation across 10 countries
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Are Children Learning to Read?
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Grade One
SRI LANKA
2.8
10.4
Comparison SchoolsRoom to Read Schools
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Comparison SchoolsRoom to Read Schools
Grade One Grade Two
10.2
23.7
36.7
55.8BANGLADESH
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Grade One Grade Two
1.5
13.617.7
45.4
LAOS
Comparison SchoolsRoom to Read Schools
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Comparison SchoolsRoom to Read Schools
Grade One Grade Two
3.9
12.4
17.4
41INDIA
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Our Work in India
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9 consecutive years 2014
2013 2015
2014 2014
Recognized as Best in Class
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Moving out of the Comfort Zone:
Corporate Innovations with Philanthropy
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Room to Read & AtlassianAn Creative Cause Marketing Partnership
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Room to Read & Nuix
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Room to Read & Google
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Room to Read & Rovio
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Office Space
Hong Kong, Sydney, TokyoMumbai
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Hotel Rooms
Hilton Worldwide: 150 Free Room Nights Per Year
Upper House Hotel, Hong Kong:
75 Free Nights
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Product
Lafarge: Unlimited Cement
Lenovo: 600 Laptop
Computers
Salesforce:Licenses to track
Project data
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Airline Miles
Goldman Sachs Employees:
3 million miles
Barclays Capital Employees:
Over 1.7 million miles
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JOIN THE REVOLUTION!
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Retweet my message: @mrsandhill
#ThankstoEducation Indian youth can be future IT leaders. #NPC2015 each RT = $10 for
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