A Room to Read Auction

My painting "Uprooted" was auctioned off. The Room to Read Charity did well. I believe over $2M was raised..

Here is the letter of thanks from the organisers:

Dear RJ,

We would like to sincerely thank you for your donation and support for the Room to Read Singapore Gala Dinner. The evening was a huge success and lived up to its theme of "An Evening of Wine & Philanthropy" with Jancis Robinson taking the guests through the many wines served, and John Wood talking about Room to Read's past ten years and future directions - with especially poignant stories of the children and communities whose lives are impacted so positively through the Room to Read projects and investments.

Due to the wonderful support of organisations like yourselves, and very generous guests on the night - we were able to raise enough money to build 19 Schools, develop 150 Libraries, and support over 1,000 years of Girls Scholarships - in total, last night will impact more than 60,000 children in the developing world. We are truly humbled by and appreciative of your generosity and partnership - and we thank you once again for helping to bring the gift of literacy to so many.


Regards,
A.H., A.R. & K.B.

Singapore Chapter of Room to Read
World Change Starts with Educated Children.®

A Room to Read Auction

Have you heard of this wonderful non profit called Room to Read set up 10 years ago by a microsoft executive who gave up his job to build libraries for children in Nepal, India, Cambodia, Vietnam etc and also a education fund for girls?

To date Room to Read has impacted the lives of over 4 million children by constructing over 1000 schools and 9,000 libraries, publishing 433 local language children's book titles representing over 4.1 million books and donated over 3.3 million English children's books and has been funding over 8,000 long-term scholarships for girls :)

At Room to Read's event tonight I am auctioning one of my older pieces from my " IcoME from over tHERE" series called "Uprooted" showing a Buddha ripped asunder from the ground...

It is in Silent Auction tonight 5th of May - An evening of Wine and Philanthropy. I hope it makes the charity some cash...