CHILDREN in Mongolia will benefit from 45,000 English reading books thanks to an international book collection scheme led in the UK by a Belbroughton-based photographer.

The Bookbridge initiative set out to collect unwanted children’s English books to equip school libraries in Mongolia so children in the country can learn English as a second language as part of their school curriculum.

Tom Doyle, 23, has been leading the UK Bookbridge campaign since January 2010, managing and publicising events and collecting unwanted children’s books which are being shipped to Mongolia.