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Mar 17, 2014

FT and Room to Read raise US$3.3 million for education

The Financial Times and Room to Read raised US$3.3 million for Room to Read’s global programmes in Literacy and Girls’ Education at their ninth annual fundraising event in Hong Kong on March 6 at the Four Seasons Hotel. Auction items included an eight-day vineyard tour to Moet-Hennessy’s wineries in Argentina & Chile, donated by Moet-Hennessy and a 1980 Bowmore Whisky from the private collection of Queen Elizabeth II.

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