The xkcd school in Laos is complete! Rejoice!

| Mar 15, 2010 | 9 comments

With over 25,000 copies of xkcd: volume 0 sold so far, breadpig is thrilled to announce that the xkcd school is complete!

Thanks to all of you who helped get us here. This school was built from the proceeds raised from two stops on the xkcd book tour (NYC and Mountain View). And we’re not done there!

Based on breadpig’s profits from xkcd: volume 0 sales in 2009, we’ve donated $52,961.78 to Room to Read for more schools in 2010! We’ll be letting you, the breadpig legion, vote on where and what we build in the days to come!

Ever since raising $32,000 from the fundraiser book tour, we’ve been keeping you abreast of construction as it’s progressed. And now it’s done!

Here’s the dedication plaque that adorns Kengthan Incomplete Primary School — featuring the message selected by readers of XKCD (it’s in Laotian and English).

And below are some more photos of the completed school and some of its adorable students — future xkcd readers.

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Before retiring as reddit co-founder, Alexis Ohanian founded Breadpig in late 2008 as an uncorporation for creating (and selling) geeky things with the purpose of making the world suck less. It's recently expanded to report on all the ways people worldwide are creating & hacking to improve their lives. He's also an angel investor and thinks hummus is awesome. Follow him on twitter, click here.