Send Some Love on International Book Giving Day
International Book Giving Day is a volunteer initiative aimed at increasing children’s access to and enthusiasm for books.
International Book Giving Day’s focus is on encouraging people worldwide to give a book to a child on February 14th. We invite individuals to
1) give a book to a friend or family member,
2) leave a book in a waiting room for children to read, or
3) donate a gently used book to a local library, hospital or shelter or to an organization that distributes used books to children in need internationally. (via bookgivingday)
You can donate as little as Rs. 200, and these children will receive the gift of bright, cheerful story books that will entertain them, and help them read. We’ve created book packs worth Rs.200 and Rs.500. If you choose to gift
(registered as Vijay Foundation Trust) is an NGO based in Kadapa and
they have been working with women and girls since 1992. Two of the
programmes that pertain to children are :Aarti Home (a shelter for
abandoned girls) and Aarti School (education at minimal fees).
are also running a basic computer literacy program for high school
children in government schools in remote villages of the district.
The jeep equipped with a mobile computer lab travels to these little
villages and hamlets every day. Books received will also be
distributed to these places through this channel
: 100 girls live in the orphanage, 300 children attend the
school, the mobile library project covers 1500 kids, the library is
open to all children in the district.
donations : Telugu Books
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ft has physically geo-mapped and assessed each and every school of
Leh District ( 366 in number ) and is today present in a 100 of these
schools where they have setup libraries and conduct a mix of programs
like teacher training, library and reading programs and
infrastructure improvement.
Urdu books
EDUCATION RESOURCE SOCIETY
: Over
the last twenty years, Vikramshila has undertaken various initiatives
in action research and teacher-development programmes all over India,
reaching out to more than 200 grassroots level organisations 25,000
teachers and 14, 00,000 children.
Donations : Urdu and Bengali books
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the joy of learning, bringing previously absent opportunities for a
better overall quality of life in the region. The aim is to enhance
the mental, emotional and psychological development of children
within and beyond the education they receive at school, giving them
the best possible foundation for the rest of their lives. One of the
key projects currently run under the umbrella of the Avalokitesvara
Trust is FOUNTAIN OF LEARNING. Fountain of Learning a.k.a FOL, is an
initiative to nurture and educate children in isolated villages of
Ladakh.
:
Created 30 reading rooms in Ladakh
Donations : Urdu books (8
of the existing schools require Urdu books. The trust will be creating
15 more reading rooms in the Zangskar and Baltistan region of Ladakh
this year.
:www.avalokitesvaratrust.org