I’m delighted to share this fantastic article written by Nick Kristof in The New York Times about ‘Room To Read’:
‘This Smart Girl Says Thank You’
John Wood, Founder of ‘Room to Read’ also has this to say:
“I am thrilled to announce that the paperback version of ‘Creating Room to Read: A Story of Hope in the Battle for Global Literacy’ has been released by Penguin. ”
For more information about the book, please click here.
‘World Change Starts with Educated Children’
www.roomtoread.org
Susan combines her global business expertise with an ability to connect people and places.
Great piece Susan, Having just read Inside the Kingdom (we were supposed to go to Saudi to give a talk but it was cancelled) I was struck by this paragraph which put s a ton in perspective.
It puzzles me in my travels that the donors who invest most in education are fundamentalist Wahhabi Muslims from Saudi Arabia. Often in Africa and Asia, I see madrassas that they have established to inculcate reactionary attitudes, because they understand that education is the best tool kit to change societies.
We don’t even compete.