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dozen scholarships, but he felt this was "too little and too random" and that a more strategic and scalable model was needed to "hand out sledgehammers to shatter this remaining glass ceiling". U-Go's founding board is composed of business leaders in five countries and includes Tim Caflisch, Benjamin (Ben) Happ, Patricia Horgan, Nick Nash, Archana Parekh, Anne Patricia Sutanto and Mariana Zobel de Ayala. The organization works in 8 countries where women have traditionally lacked access to university—Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines and Vietnam. During 2022, over 1,000 long-term scholarships were awarded, and by EOY 2023 that will increase to 2,400.
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A year later, Wood returned to the school with 3,000 books on the back of six donkeys—all donated in response to his email appeal to friends and family. Soon thereafter, he left his job at Microsoft entirely to devote himself full-time to Books for Nepal, a side project that would eventually form the
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and gender equality in education. Its programs develop literacy skills and a habit of reading among primary school children, and support girls to complete secondary school with the relevant life skills to succeed in school and beyond. Over 25 million children have benefitted from the organization's
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his decision to start a new non-profit, U-Go, with the aim of helping tens of thousands of young women in low income countries to pursue higher education through targeted scholarships, life skills training and job placement. U-Go was launched via a live Bloomberg interview on February 7, 2021, and
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Wood appears frequently on television and radio, with multiple appearances on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, BBC, Bloomberg, CNBC's Squawk Box, Channel News Asia, CNN, CNN Headline News, MSNBC, PBS and Tavis Smiley. He has also been profiled or interviewed on Charlie Rose, CBS Evening
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in 2010. The book, written in rhyme and illustrated by Nepali artist Abin Shrestha, tells the story of Room to Read in a manner accessible to school children. Wood has said that with the book he aims to inspire children to take action. Self-published by Room to Read with costs underwritten by The
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Wood launched U-Go after meeting many Room to Read Girl Scholars whose parents were grateful that their daughters would finish secondary school, but frustrated that they would not be able to continue on to university. For many years he and a small group of friends had personally bankrolled a few
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and U-Go. Wood started Room to Read in 2000 after quitting his executive position as Microsoft's director of business development for the greater China region. Along with his co-founders Erin Ganju and Dinesh Shrestha, he built out a global team that has raised over $ 750 million in funding
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At the invitation of former President Bill Clinton, Wood served four terms on the advisory board of the Clinton Global Initiative and was a frequent speaker at their annual event. He currently serves on the boards of the Singapore-based private equity firm Asia Partners and Hong Kong–based
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Wood lived with his wife Amy Powell in Hong Kong for eight years but now resides in Solana Beach, California. He travels roughly 200 days per year for media, public speaking and fund-raising opportunities. His hobbies include running, skiing, hiking, travel, reading, and
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in 2007, with "Oprah's Book Drive" for Room to Read raising over $ 3 million. The memoir was selected by the American Booksellers Association for its BookSense Notable Books List. It was also named one of the top ten non-fiction books of 2006 by
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News, CTV (Canada), France24, Globo (Brazil), the Katie Couric Show, KQED, the Oprah Winfrey Show, Radio France International, WAMU (Kojo Nnamdi) WNYC (Leonard Lopate Show) and numerous others.
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Wood co-founded Room to Read in 2001 with Dinesh Shrestha and Erin Ganju. Operating in 20 low-income countries, the organization focuses on increasing
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is now working in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Pakistan and Vietnam with plans to add on Nepal and the Philippines.
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World Children's Prize, for a "15 year fight for children's right to education", awarded by Queen Silvia of Sweden
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commitments and has brought education programs to over 26 million children in 20 low income countries.
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Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: An Entrepreneur's Odyssey to Educate the World's Children.
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Inaugural winner of Microsoft Alumni of the Year award, presented by Bill and Melinda Gates
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September 9, 2006. Retrieved October 28, 2014. "as he did seven years ago at age 35"
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in August 2006, and was subsequently published in 21 languages. It was featured on
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in Education from McGill University, Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from the
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Tribeca Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Award for "Disruptive Innovation", 2012
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Wood took a vacation from his work at Microsoft in 1998 to trek through the
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Northwestern University Alumni Association Service to Society Award, 2015
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Creating Room to Read: A Story of Hope in the Battle for Global Literacy
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Perrin, Andrew, "The Bold and the Young" John Wood, Read all about it",
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Creating Room to Read: A Story of Hope in the Battle for Global Literacy
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Sandor Teszler Award for Moral Courage and Service to Humankind, 2012
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