Making Room to Read While
trekking in Nepal in 1998,
American John Wood saw that
many children couldn't afford
to go to school and that
schools in the poorest rural
areas had a chronic shortage
of books. It was a
transformational experience
for Wood that spurred him to
start a literacy program
called Room to Read. This
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Making Room to Read While
trekking in Nepal in 1998,
American John Wood saw that
many children couldn't afford
to go to school and that
schools in the poorest rural
areas had a chronic shortage
of books. It was a
transformational experience
for Wood that spurred him to
start a literacy program
called Room to Read. This
week's FRONTLINE/World Rough
Cut tells the story of Wood's
nonprofit that now helps to
educate millions of children
in the developing world and
visits some of the Nepalese
communities his program has
helped.
http://www.pbs.org/frontlinewo
rld/rough/2007/06/nepal_a_girl
s_l.html

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