[KnowItAll]

Can you help?

The gents over at Batgung are raising US$10,000 for the 'Room to Read' charity. Enough to build a school library for a village in Nepal, stock it with books, and provide support & training.

Think what that means - the children's current future is to grow up learning in a school without any printed books. Together we can change that.

You can follow progress with the "Raising Money" ticker on the right of your screen.

We've already made a donation on behalf of GeoExpat.

Would appreciate all the help you can give us to reach the target, with a donation of your own?

Next steps:
- Donate! (NB remember it's in US$, not HK$): http://www.firstgiving.com/batgung
- Learn more: http://www.batgung.com/library

[mrb]

We'll both match any donation you make until we've reached the US$10K target.

eg if you donate US$100, we'll both donate the same amount so the library fund gets a total US$300.

With your help we want to hit the US$10K target by the end of the month.

Cheers,

MrB & Mr Tall

PS A big thankyou to Shri for helping promote this.

[hk.com]

It would be good to have some background info rather than "some village in Nepal". A bit more convincing.

[KnowItAll]

Background: http://www.roomtoread.org/

There is no designated village. Once funds are raised, they will be allocated towards a project that is pending.

[mrb]

There's a good one-page summary of Room to Read's library construction projects at: http://www.roomtoread.org/involvemen...nstruction.pdf

We've tried to answer likely questions here, but if you any other questions please fire away.

[KnowItAll]

Big thank you to the donors who have added a fair bit to the funds overnight.

[mrb]

Thanks indeed! With your help we've shot past the half-way mark.

If you're interested to see how Room to Read got started, there's a good summary on Oprah's website. The founder John Wood appeared on her show back in April.

[bebeat95112]

The founder of Room To Read, John Wood, have actually written a book about how he started the charity, the process, the work that they do, the kind of impact they deliver...etc. in great details in his book "Leaving Microsoft To Change The World"

here is the ShopInHK.Com link to it:
ShopInHK.com: Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: An Entrepreneur's Odyssey to Educate the World's Children: Books: John Wood

just in case some wants more information

[KnowItAll]

Quick note folks .. you don't need to donate hundreds. Even a few dollars does not hurt.

Would appreciate if a few more folks step up, so that I don't have to resort to emotional blackmail.

[mrb]

Great news to see we've passed the $10K mark overnight. Thankyou to everyone that has helped us get there.

We'll update with more news about the construction project as we get it.

Thanks again for your generosity!