READ International

Mission

We are an almost entirely student volunteer led organization. We collect school textbooks and children’s literature throughout the UK, sort the books and send the relevant, up-to-date, and high quality books to schools in Tanzania and Uganda.

Programs

Book Project Library Refurbishment Project Sports equipment Project Science equipment Project

Funded Projects on GlobalGiving

School Library Refurbishment Project

Personnel Overview

Robert Wilson - Director
Rob left school in 2002 and took a gap year before reading Politics at the University of Nottingham. Whilst at university he founded the charitable organisation READ International with some friends. He graduated in 2006 and chose to take READ International on as a full time commitment to oversee it’s successful expansion beyond Nottingham to a national network across the UK.

Personnel Statistics

Robert Wilson,
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Founded in 2005
Employees: 5
Volunteers: 500

Financial Statistics

Budget (2009): £ 217,878
Budget (2008): £ 108,939
Maximum Budget: £ 217,878
Overhead: 30 %
Other funding sources: - Student Fundraising - Sales of books not appropriate for school children in Tanzania and Uganda through a partnership with Better World Books. - Trust Fundraising
Religious Affiliation: None