Fabulous news from Room to Read!
November 20, 2015 at 9:17 am | Posted in Room to Read | Leave a commentTags: children's literacy, Room to Read, World Change Challenge
YAY!! As a very proud Writer Ambassador, I’m excited to tell you that Room To Read has just reached – and forever changed the lives – of 10 million children throughout the world! Room to Read brings literacy, books and education to kids who would otherwise grow up into terrible poverty, unable to read or write or study and never able to find a good job. Click here to see some more terrific photos…and to find out about Room To Read’s exciting NEW goal! http://on.fb.me/1WYni9p
And the even more exciting news is that YOU can help them reach that goal by taking part in a funny, crazy challenge at school! Click here to watch a fun video about the fabulous World Change Challenge and make it part of your fund-raising efforts in 2016! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnehk7brz94
A Fabulous Week for Celebrating Heroes and Book Reading!
September 10, 2015 at 10:10 am | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentTags: Discovery Bay International School, Heroes, John Wood, Room to Read
This week I had the great pleasure of returning to Discovery Bay International School as part of Grade 7s Unit of study about Heroes in My Eyes! This year, my hero just has to be John Wood, above, the man who famously left a high-powered, high paid job with Microsoft in 1999 to set up Room to Read, a brilliant charity devoted to bringing literacy and education to children around the world.
Do you know that since his very first trip to Nepal delivering books (on the back of a yak and five donkeys) to a small school high in the mountains back in 1998, he – through the charity he established – has managed to set up over 17,000 libraries, build almost 2,000 schools and help over 9.7 million children? Now that’s what I call a hero! And that’s also why I’m so proud to be a Room to Read Writer Ambassador! Read more about their fantastic work at http://www.roomtoread.org. And if you and your class want to get involved in your own fund-raising effort to help kids less lucky than you to learn to read, get involved in the Room to Read World Change Challenge, which you can find here: http://www.tristanbancks.com/2015/05/room-to-read-world-change-challenge-2015_28.html.
The World Change Challenge begins in Hong Kong!
May 30, 2015 at 9:52 am | Posted in Bookshop event, Hong Kong Schools, Room to Read | 1 CommentTags: children's literacy, Hong Kong Schools, Room to Read
Room to Read team with CEO and founder John Wood (centre), Jennie Orchard (4th from L), Jodie Mullen (8th from L) and Hong Kong authors Nury Vittachi (1st on L), Sarah Brennan (6th from L) and Bhakti Mathur (7th from L).
On Wednesday evening Room to Read’s World Change Challenge kicked off here in Hong Kong! John Wood, CEO and founder of Room to Read, Jennie Orchard (Co-ordinator of its Writer Ambassador Program) and Hong Kong writer ambassadors Bhakti Mathur, Nury Vittachi and I, spoke to a lovely crowd of teachers, librarians and supporters at Growhouse in Central about the fabulous, fun World Change Challenge for school students! The challenge was started by Aussie kids and teens author Tristan Bancks, and you can read more about it here:
http://www.tristanbancks.com/2015/05/room-to-read-world-change-challenge-2015_28.html.
So click the link to discover all the great ideas and fun you can have to help EVERY kid your age get an education and a lifelong love of reading. And if you want to help, you can start talking to YOUR school right now about getting involved!
A very proud moment with Room to Read!
March 7, 2015 at 12:33 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentTags: Room to Read, The Tale of Rodney Ram, Vietnam
On Wednesday I attended a fantastic evening with Room To Read, where I heard the moving story of a wonderful young woman called Tay Thi Nguyen, who is the star graduate of Room to Read Vietnam’s Girls’ Education Program. Can you believe that when Tay Thi was a young girl, her mum actually burned her school books to stop her from getting an education? It was because the family was so poor, her mum wanted Tay Thi to go out and work to earn money. Luckily Room To Read found out about her, and was able to help her to get a scholarship to fund all her studies, until she graduated at university as a teacher! Now her mum is very happy, because not only can Tay Thi earn a great living, but she has also encouraged both her brothers to go on to further studies, so the family will no longer be poor! Tay Thi has now gone back to her village to teach other children to read – isn’t she an inspiration?
Here she is above on the left, holding a copy of my Tale of Rodney Ram with Dan Doan, Senior Program Manager, Room to Read Vietnam’s Girls’ Education Program, at Room to Read’s Gala Event on Friday night. I’m so proud to see two such kind and wonderful people holding my books!
Remember if you want to help girls like Tay Thi achieve their dream to read, and to study, you can ask Mum and Dad to visit http://www.roomtoread.org right away with you, to find out more!
Fabulous Chinese New Year News from Room to Read!
February 18, 2015 at 3:07 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentTags: children's literacy, Room to Read
As you all know, I’m a very proud Writer Ambassador for Room To Read. Here is a special message from them this Chinese New Year! Please make sure to show Mum and Dad. We ALL want children all over the world to be able to read, just like us!
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