About a year ago, we asked you, our faithful Breadpig legion, to decide where we should donate $53,000 of profits from the XKCD book sales. We’re now proud to show you where your money has gone: into a cheerful new preschool in Sri Lanka and an awesome new library in Nepal!
We’re happy to report that our friends at the Midlothian Friends Meeting have raised a total of $1187.85 for the XKCD school in Laos! Part of this came from the pancake breakfast organized by the younger Friends, but the bulk came from sales at the Thrifty Quaker, their thrift store on the outskirts of …
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First, an update from Sri Lanka! Here are some pictures from the construction site of the Tharumal Singhithi Preschool that is being partially paid for with money from sales of XKCD, Volume 0. One day soon, this building will look like this and be full of happy children!
Next, the continuation of the (now very …
In Sri Lanka, Room to Read is building dozens of brightly colored and stimulating preschools for the youngest students. Breadpig pays a visit, learns about the care that goes into designing a school and its curriculum, and plays with adorable children drawing pineapples.
Breadpig visits the homes of 4 girls enrolled in the Girls Education Program in Tra Cu, Tra Vinh, Vietnam.
An overview of Room to Read’s Girls Education Program in Tra Cu district, Vietnam.
Breadpig takes an epic journey to visit the Kengthan Incomplete Primary School, the school that was built with profits from XKCD: Volume 0.
On our second day in Laos, the Breadpig gave to us–a visit with the Room to Read country director Somphet Phongphachanh at the Vientiane office!
We’ve alluded to it a couple of times, but it’s time to make the official announcement: this October, Breadpig is coming to a South Asia near you!
Back in May, our partners at Room to Read asked us to choose locations for our xkcd: volume 0 profit donations.
2009 was a very good year for Breadpig and thus a very good year for our partner non-profits, Room to Read in particular, thanks to the success of xkcd: volume 0.
We’re thrilled to have been selected to carry the Room To Read torch for this Twitter #tweet4books fundraiser!
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.
Like any good uncorporation, breadpig aims to do things a bit differently. Last year, we published a tutorial for how LOLMagnetz generated $30,000 in profits (for charity, but profits nonetheless). Now we’re doing it for xkcd: volume 0.
We couldn’t have done it without you. We aimed to raise $32,000 for Room To Read to construct The Kengthan Incomplete Primary School in Laos (don’t be troubled about the ‘incomplete’ part, that’s just a tricky translation from Lao to describe the education level – it’s going to be 100% complete when it’s …
