Education India Project #19863

Libraries for Poor Children in India

by Basic Research Education And Development Society

Project Report | Sep 4, 2019
Replenish books to Existing libraries

By Ramamohan Rao Kakani | Project Leader

Dear Donors,

I wish to thank tyou all for supporting us through the Bonus Day Campaign of July 2019 and the Little by Little Campaign of August 2019. We have not received the funds from GlobalGiving due to some difficulty with govt. of India. We do not know when these funds will be released. Yet, we are continuing to do what we have promised to do,establishing new libraries with Bonus Day contributions and Little by Little campaign of August. .

We have established 70 new libraries by the end of July creating access of books to over 31,000 more underprivileged students. This was possible due to donations received in last week of March.

We have dispatched a set of 40 new books to 1,159 existing BREAD libraries set up till March 2019. This was also completed by end of July 2019. Your donations received through “Little by Little” campaign of April 2019 have helped us to replenish 660 of these libraries. We have taken into account the interest earned on Corpus of Rs. 88,000 also. However, we have reverted the corpus of Rs. 88,000 and along with balance Rs. 112,000 available from donations received through Global Giving we are in the process of establishing 8 new libraries to fulfill our obligations. These 8 new libraries will be set up during September 2019.

Governing Body of BREAD Society has decided to set up 10 to 15 libraries in Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalays (KGBVs) on a pilot basis. KGBVs are residential high schools for girls from underprivileged sections of society established in backward Mandals with low rate of literacy among women. We have already established one library at KGBV, Vangara. Girls are excited and we can see the brightness in their eyes. Their joy in reading the books is a wonderful sight. We are establishing 10 libraries in KGBVs by end of September 2019.

Mr. Chinaveerabhadrudu, IAS, State Project Director, Sarva Siksha Abhiyaan (SSA), Andhra Pradesh has visited our facility at Kakinada in August and observed that the Organization has been rendering exemplary and selfless service in establishing libraries to promote reading habit among children. He has further directed all officers of Education Department to make use of BREAD libraries, if necessary by conducting competitions.

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Jun 7, 2019
Success of Little by Little Campaign & Establishing 66 new libraries in 2 months

By Ramamohan Rao Kakani | Secretary

Our “Little by Little” campaign was a grand success as 113 donors participated and contributed $7,560. Besides the matching grant we received a Bonus of $ 1,000 from Global Giving Foundation. We had, perhaps the largest number of 113 donors and 11 of them were Anonymous donors. Global Giving Foundation disbursed $10,420 (Rs.697,027) to us towards the end of May 2019. I once again take this opportunity to thank all donors and Global Giving Foundation for their generosity.

You may also please recall that I reported receiving a substantial donation of over Rs. 18 lakh in March 2019 through GiveIndia and Trent Ltd. We placed orders for 50 sets of 650 books from nearly 20 publishers in April as we had in stock 20 sets of books. Our volunteers have done a great job in putting together 66 sets of 650 books and dispatched them on time to the schools selected based on prescribed norms. In all, we have established 66 Children’s Libraries including two on behalf of Global Giving Foundation and two sponsored by another donor.

We have selected and purchased 40 new books to replenish existing BREAD Children’s Libraries. We are in the process of putting together 1,100+ packets of these 40 books to be dispatched to library schools by registered book post by the end of July 2019 or early August.

A team of office bearers of BREAD Society consisting of Secretary, Project Director and Chief Coordinator met Mrs. K Sandhya Rani, Commissioner, School Education, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh at Vijayawada. They explained the work done by BREAD in setting up 680 libraries in Govt. schools in Andhra Pradesh in the last ten years and requested her to issue instructions to follow BREAD Guidelines in operating BREAD libraries. She has since issued orders to RJDSEs and DEOs to direct BREAD Library schools to adopt BREAD Guidelines to operate its Libraries. Copy of proceedings attached. This places us in a much better position while interacting with library teachers and headmasters as we have the approval of the govt.

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Apr 4, 2019
CSR funds for Libraries for poor children in India

By Ramamohan Rao Kakani | Secretary, BREAD Society

Trent Ltd., Mumbai, a TATA Group Company has donated Rs. 400,000 on 30th March 2019 as part of their Star & Diya 2019 project to set up 10 new BREAD Children's Libraries after due diligence. This is the first time that a TATA enterprise has made a donation to BREAD Society. We are now in the process of setting up the libraries and we hope to complete this well before the scheduled time of four months in which time we are expected to complete it.

Ms. Nandini Piramal has donated Rs.600,000 to set up 24 libraries. This donation was also received on 30th March 2019 through GiveIndia with which BREAD Society is listed.

GiveIndia has also donated through several individual donors, numbering 351, a sum of Rs. 798,660 on 25th March 2019 for establishing 28 BREAD Libraries.

We hope to utilize the entire donation of about Rs.18 lakh within three months from now and establish 62 libraries. GiveIndia stipulates that donations received through it should be fully utilized within three months. GiveIndia makes no provision for Corpus fund donations. So, it becomes imperative for BREAD Society to find resources for adding new books and give prizes to student in respect of BREAD libraries set up with donations received through GiveIndia. This is where GlobalGiving Foundation comes to the aid of BREAD Society with campaigns like "Little by Little".

We hope t0 receive enough donations through Little by Little campaign to be able to fulfill our promise to schools to add new books and give prizes for write-ups on books soon after the schools reopen starting in mid-June and completing the work of giving additional books by the end of July 2019 to 1,159 existing BREAD library schools. We have our hands full with work in the coming three to four months and our volunteers will do it joyfully.

BREAD Society has not engaged a single employee in its 30 years of existence.

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