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2008's Recipient: Room to Read

Inspired To Give Now’s current project is participating in the Ford Ironman World Championship 2008, held in Kona Hawaii.  The organization has invited Crystal Flaman, founder of Inspired To Give Now.com to participate in one of the four media slots.  This is an opportunity of a lifetime, and we are very excited!  The event will allow Crystal to compete with the goal of raising half a million dollars for Room To Read - a nonprofit dedicated to educating the world’s underprivileged children.

From the Room to Read website (www.roomtoread.org):

“We partner with local communities throughout the developing world to provide quality educational opportunities by establishing libraries, creating local language children's literature, constructing schools, providing education to girls and establishing computer labs. We seek to intervene early in the lives of children in the belief that education empowers people to improve socioeconomic conditions for their families, communities, countries and future generations. Through the opportunities that only education can provide, we strive to break the cycle of poverty, one child at a time.

Brief History

John Wood, Founder and CEO, launched Room To Read after a trek through Nepal. He visited several local schools and was amazed by the warmth and enthusiasm of the students and teachers, but also saddened by the shocking lack of resources. Driven to help, John quit his senior executive position with Microsoft and built a global team to work with rural villages to build sustainable solutions to their educational challenges.

Founding Room To Read, John wove proven corporate business practices with his inspiring vision to provide educational access to 10 million children in the developing world. His novel approach to non-profit management called for:
 
  * Scalable, measured, sustainable results
  * Low-overhead, allowing maximum investment in educational infrastructure
  * Challenge grants fostering community ownership and sustainability
  * Strong local staff and partnerships creating culturally relevant programs

Room To Read began working with rural communities in Nepal in 2000 to build schools and establish libraries. The organization's geographic reach expanded rapidly as significant needs and opportunities were identified in Vietnam (2001), Cambodia (2002) and India (2003). The Asian Tsunami in December 2004 provided a catalyst for entry into Sri Lanka followed shortly by Laos. In 2006, we expanded to our second continent by launching Room to Read in South Africa, and we began work in Zambia in 2007.”