How we will utilise these books

Our mission is to build the reading capabilities of our children and aid language development by encouraging children to become storytellers and independent learners through providing an access of a variety of books. We have been able to maintain a high interest level in our bi-weekly reading program and weekly workshop. The children whom we work with do not have access to storybooks. Most who come to school are first generation learners, with rich and varied backgrounds and experiences, however their families cannot read, write and do basic arithmetic and therefore not "functionally literate". Access to education is a great time for these children and their families to be able to break the cycle of illiteracy and poverty. This library will serve its communities children and its student population of 220 students. The funds will be utilized to buy books in 4 languages i.e Odiya, Hindi, English and Saora(Tribal Language). A small portion of these funds will be utilized to create our own material.