After being inspired in 2006 by John Woods’ book “Leaving Microsoft to Change the World”, Sterling Brands has committed itself to supporting this important global initiative.
RoomtoRead, the organization that Woods set up, is focused on providing a stronger foundation of learning in developing countries throughout Asia and more recently in Africa. The work entails working in rural communities building schools, building libraries and supplying books and training for the local staff.
In 2008, after the successfully funding the construction of two, brandnew school libraries in Nepal and Cambodia, Sterling Brands made the decision to ally itself once more with RoomtoRead and give the gift of reading to a school of nearly 600 students in rural South Africa.
We are happy to announce that this summer, we received a completion report on our latest project with RoomtoRead, which provided for a refurbished library, a full-stock of both English and native-language books, and training for the library staff at the Kennen Primary School. The school is in the tiny rural village of Violatbank G, in the province of Mpumalanga in eastern South Africa, which borders on Swaziland and Mozambique.
The village has a literacy rate of only 45%, so Sterling’s contribution will really make a difference toward changing that number and providing better opportunities for the next generation of young South Africans. Visit RoomtoRead.org for all the details on this awesome organization.
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