Libraries for Poor Children in India

Replenishment books for 2024-25 – The 40 books meant as replenishment books for the existing BREAD School library’s have been printed. Of the forty books, 20 of them are in Telugu, 11 of them in English and 9 of them in Hindi. The books were selected taking into consideration the feedback from teachers who were seeking more Hindi Language books. We have started distributing the books to the existing libraries established by BREAD Society. We expect to complete this activity by End September.

New BREAD Libraries: We have also established 21 new libraries during this financial year (2024-25). This brings the total libraries established to 1910.

As we inch towards the 2000 mark, it is time also to reminisce on where we started around 15 years back when we established our first library in a village in Andhra Pradesh. Small beginnings. A while back we computed that this numbers means that we have reached close to 5% of the high schools in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states of India. Much done.. much more to do..

We would not have been able to achieve any of this without the active support of people like you who have generously and selflessly donated your hard earned money for cause of bringing books closer to children who might not otherwise have access to them. 

First and foremost, our profuse thanks to all the donors and supporters who have generously given their funds to support the joy of reading amongst school going children. The importance of physical books and library spaces is being re-discovered in niches the world over and we are glad that we are able to support in our little way in these efforts.

While a lot of our effort goes into the physical provisioning of the books and access to the same, we also constantly communicate with the teachers and school, to motivate them to keep the spirit of the library alive by giving books home to read, encouraging the students to write about what they read and share the joy of the book in different ways.

Often times such communciations seems like a thankless job, as some schools are responsive and others not. We are lucky to have one dedicated volunteer who has been helping us keep the communications alive with the different schools. He is Mr. Ramamohan Rao Kakani who was also the secretary of our society for two decades. He is the epitome of what volunteerism is and what it can achieve over a sustained period of engagement and time. We are grateful to him for his services so far. He continues to be active volunteer even as he appriaches his nineties!

With the funds received from the different donors, we have established 1 library in a Girls Residential schools and another 2 are in the pipeline and will be commissioned soon. Some of the smaller donations will be utilised for the replenishment of the books during the Julu-Aug 24.