Usd1 CAN PUBLISH A CHILDREN’S BOOK usd300 CAN KEEP A GIRL IN SCHOOL FOR ONE YEAR usd2,500 CAN TEACH 50 CHILDREN TO READ AND WRITE FOR ONE YEAR usd7,000 CAN PROVIDE A COMMUNITY LIBRARY

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or the generous individuals around the world investing in a child’s education through donating time or money to Room to Read, this organisation is “a classic case of ordinary people doing extraordinary things.” ag

“I learned about Room to Read at school and was so inspired that on my 17th birthday I used my birthday money to send a girl to school.” – BRENNA W. (HONG KONG)

“I love reading stories! My favourite is Chek Check Wants to Get Married.” – REASKSA, STUDENT (CAMBODIA)

“‘I love going through Room to Read’s workbooks and completing the activities.” – SITHIKA, STUDENT (SRI LANKA) fast fac ts

children benefitted from the Literacy Programme and Girls’ Education Programme

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(Iraq, 2010) This book reveals the lives of the people in Iraq, through Saddam Hussein’s dictatorship, the 2003 invasion and occupation. A distopian novel in the spirit of 1984, this book takes us on a twisted and surreal journey that centres around a mysterious cult and two lovers drawn into a parallel existence.

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