FACE Africa was founded on the premise that the most effective way to promote positive change and help develop war torn countries is to invest in the education of its young children. Naturally, we decided to establish education as our first Program area for 2008. In early 2008, our Fund a Child's Education Program raised over $3000 to send 15 disadvantaged children to school in Liberia. 

The next stage of our Education Program will involve bringing innovation education programs to Liberia, such as Room to Read to help tackle the monumental task of piecing together the country's broken education system.

Room to Read is an award winning non-profit and its Founder John Wood is an ex-Microsoft Executive who strongly believes in the power of education to eradicate poverty. Since their inception in 2000, Room to Read has impacted the lives of over 1.7 million children by:

*Constructing 442 schools
*Establishing over 5,160 libraries
*Publishing 226 new local language children's titles representing over 2 million books
*Donating over 2.2 million English language children's books
*Funding 4,036 long-term girls' scholarships
*Establishing 155 computer and language labs
 
In 2006, Room to Read launched onto the continent of Africa by opening operations in South Africa. They continued their expansion in 2007 by starting work in Zambia and their goal is to be in at least four countries in Africa by 2010.

For more information on Room to Read, please visit: http://www.roomtoread.org.