Okay... Room to Read? What is "Room to Read" ? One day... there's a friend of mine told me about this guy, John Wood who was a Microsoft Executive and he wrote a book about how from being an executive in Microsoft he was able to help billions of children out there that need help in education... It was a touchy story. Actually she read the book and she said how nice it is if we have more people like him in this world. The story, It all started with a case of job burnout. As an overworked Microsoft executive, John Wood escaped to Nepal for a much-needed backpacking getaway. While hiking in the Himalayas, John met a Nepalese “Education Resource Officer” who invited him to visit a school in a neighboring village. Little did John know that this short detour would change his life forever. At the school, John saw the harsh reality confronting not only this village, but millions of Nepalese children–a dilapidated schoolroom and a severe shortage of books. John was stunned to discover that the few books this school had had–a Danielle Steele romance, the Lonely Planet Guide to Mongolia, and a few other backpacker castoffs–were so precious that they were kept under lock and key...to protect them from the children!
As John left the village, the headmaster made a simple request: "Perhaps, Sir, you will someday come back with books." His request would not go unheard. John emailed friends asking for help collecting children's books, and within two months had collected over 3,000 books. The following year, John and his father, accompanied by a train of eight book-bearing donkeys, returned to the village in Nepal. Seeing the faces of the children with the books convinced John to leave the corporate world and devote himself to becoming the Andrew Carnegie of the developing world. In late 1999, John quit his executive position with Microsoft and started Room to Read.
Hahaha... all the story up there was copied from its original website :D... hehe... I was too lazy to write it back since it was already briefly told. By the way why don't you guys out there who has the opportunity to help be like John Wood... not by doing exactly like him but do it your own way... money, spread through the net or printed materials or donating something to the children all around the world because those children are us in the future. :)
Come and make them smile so that we can smile like them too... :)
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