2011 confucius prize for literacy

John Wood, Founder Of Room To Read: Changing The World, One Word At A Time

Asian Scientist Magazine speaks to John Wood, founder of Room To Read, a remarkable social entrepreneur who has built more than 13,000 libraries to improve literacy in the developing world.

International Literacy Day 2011: Has Asia Made Progress?

According to UNESCO, more than 796 million of the world’s adults, or one in five adults, do not know how to read or write, while 67.4 million children are out of school.