Provide library books for orphans in India

A book is a gift you can open again and again. —Garrison Keillor

Thanks to your kind donations, World’s Children provided recreational reading books, encyclopedias and bookshelves to 34 orphanages in India, bringing the joy of reading to over 2,745 children. The project has been so successful we plan to continue to add books to the libraries we have started as funding permits. We welcome donations of any size. Your gift of books has created that spark for the love of learning. Now enjoy these photos and the gratitude expressed by the orphanage administrators and the children in their own words.

“We can acquire so much knowledge from these books. Whatever doubts raise in our minds, we immediately search for the answer in those books; we are easily finding our answers. These are so useful for us. I saw different models of cars in those books. I really love those books. I am really thankful to you for giving us such rare gifts.” —Roshini, child at one of the orphanages supported by World's Children

“We  received the encyclopedias. It will be very much useful for our children to know about our world with colorful and attractive pictures. Very interestingly they are reading the books during the library period in the school and the leisure time in the evenings. They have taken an experiment for the science exhibition in the district level competition from this book. So kindly tell our heartfelt thanks to the donors who have donated these books.” —one of our orphanage administrators

“Thank you so much for giving us these books. We are so excited to have different kinds of books in our library. I read world’s wars. That book made me feel as though I was watching the war.” —Bhavani, child at one of the orphanages supported by World's Children

 “As soon as seeing the books the children were overwhelmed with joy and happiness and took the books and started to turn the pages and glance at the pictures and read them. They were so much interested in reading them. With folded hands I extend my heart filled with gratitude and thank you once again for all the Library Donors.”  —one of our orphanage administrators

“A book is a store house of knowledge, and can work as the windows to the world outside. Thank you very much for providing books and books shelves. Children are very lucky to have a library. It was rather impossible to find such a number of books in the hands of the poor children. The series of encyclopedias are so good and informative and much helpful to all children at all levels. It will be remembered as long as the hostel exists. —one of our orphanage administrators

“Yesterday I read about dinosaurs. It is so nice and interesting to learn.” —Rajini, child at one of the orphanages supported by World's Children

"We also want to thank you for helping us to buy recreation books for all age groups of children of our hostel. Once the children are interested in reading, they spend lot of time in the library and gain much needed knowledge. This not only improves the learning level but also achieves higher aim in the life of the children. We want to say thanks from the bottom of our heart. Thank you! Thank you!” —one of our orphanage administrators

So it is with children who learn to read fluently and well: They begin to take flight into whole new worlds as effortlessly as young birds take to the sky. —William James