Supports global NGO Room To Read with a sale and auction
Supports global NGO Room To Read with a sale and auction Up for grabs at an auction today, is valuable Indian art, lounge tickets to the IPL semi-finals in chairman Lalit Modi's own personal box, a dinner date with Aamir Khan and more. But the highlight of the fare on sale is its cause global NGO Room To Read which is bringing together industrialists, celebrities and well-wishers to raise money to help renew an interest in reading among underprivileged children.
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| A girl reads a book at one of the libraries started by Room To Read in Uttarakhand |
Room To Read, started by John Wood, has opened over 3,000 libaries across the country. The organisation hopes to add 850 libraries and 700 scholarships. In 2009, 96 per cent of the girl scholars in Room To Read's Girls' Education programme advanced to the next class.
Wood left a lucrative job at Microsoft Asia to form the organisation in 2000 after a trip to Nepal changed his life. Seeing how few books were available to children, he took it upon himself to build libraries and nurture education across Asia for underprivileged children. Today's auction hopes to raise money for that very purpose.
The NGO has partnered with the IPL. Apart from donating items to the auction on Sunday at the Westin Hotel, Goregaon, the IPL will promote their cause during games and in social media.
