{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox organization | name = READ Tanzania | image = READ LOGO International W.jpg | type = International organization | founded = 2004 | tax_id = | registration_id = | founder = | location = Tanzania | origins = Started as the Nottingham Book Project | key_people = | region_served = Tanzania | product = Provision of educational resources to schools in Tanzania. | mission = | focus = | method = | revenue = | endowment = | num_volunteers = | num_employees = | num_members = | subsid = | owner = | former_name = | website = http://www.readtanzania.or.tz | dissolved = | footnotes = }}
'''READ Tanzania''' is a charity (NGO), formerly known as '''READ International''' that aims to improve access to education in East Africa by renovating school libraries and providing educational materials. READ began as a United Kingdom-based charity but has since moved operations mostly to Tanzania.
==Overview== READ International began life in 2004 as a ''Book Project'' based at the University of Nottingham, founded by a group of students following a gap year teaching in Tanzania. Since 2005 READ has shipped a total of 1,303,890 books to Tanzania and renovated 110 libraries to improve access to these books.{{citation needed|date=October 2015}} Since registering as a charity they have had their work recognised in a number of ways, winning ''Best New Charity'' in the Charity Times Awards 2007,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.charitytimes.com/pages/charity_times_awards/pages/2007_shortlist/best_new_charity.htm |title=Charity Times Awards 2007 Shortlist |access-date=14 April 2010 |archive-date=5 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305081634/http://www.charitytimes.com/pages/charity_times_awards/pages/2007_shortlist/best_new_charity.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> finalists in the ''Guardian'' Charity of the Year Awards 2009,<ref>{{cite web |title=Guardian Charity Awards 2009: the shortlist |date=2009-09-16 |website=The Guardian |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210212024444/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2009/sep/16/guardian-charity-awards-2009 |archive-date=2021-02-12 |url-status=live |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2009/sep/16/guardian-charity-awards-2009}}</ref> and finalists in the Charity Times Awards in 2009.
READ International also won the Best "Business-Charity Partnership" award at the ''Institute of Fundraising Awards 2010''<ref>[http://www.institute-of-fundraising.org.uk/pressnews/topstories/nationalawards2010winnerscongratulated Institute of Fundraising Awards 2010] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110113091443/http://www.institute-of-fundraising.org.uk/pressnews/topstories/nationalawards2010winnerscongratulated |date=2011-01-13 }}</ref> and the "International Aid and Development Award" at the ''UK Charity Awards 2010''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.charityawards.co.uk/home/category.php?pg=1&cat=9&yr=14#READ%20International735 |title=UK Charity Awards 2010 |access-date=31 January 2011 |archive-date=19 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819105059/http://www.charityawards.co.uk/home/category.php?pg=1&cat=9&yr=14#READ%20International735 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2014, READ changed their focus from shipping books from the UK and international volunteering projects to raising funds for direct renovations and book purchases in East Africa with support from local students.{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}
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==External links== * [http://www.readinternational.org.uk READ International Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240109141218/http://readinternational.org.uk/ |date=9 January 2024 }}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Read International}} Category:Charities based in Nottinghamshire Category:Organisations based in Nottingham Category:University of Nottingham Category:Foreign charities operating in Tanzania