Dear friends, Pravin Bhasin, a professional manager with over 40 years of experience in top Indian MNCs, is in a new role for the past three years. Bhasin is the founder of the NGO 'Books for All' which makes good-quality books available to underprivileged children in schools which do not have libraries. Books for All is spearheaded by Pravin and Kanchan Bhasin. "The initial idea was very simple - to collect old and unused children's books lying in homes like ours," said Pravin about the reasons for the establishment of Books for All. "We started our first centre at Prathmik Pathshala, Gejha, on January 30, 2010, with the aim of helping children of Hindi-medium schools, mostly from underprivileged families, realise the importance of education as a ladder for a better quality of life and a focused career." "We converted one room," said Kanchan, "into a library. Infrastructure such as a white board, soft board and table to do artwork was provided, so that the children could look forward to spending their free time and be encouraged to read books." Books for All has a full-time librarian-cum-caretaker in charge of the centre who helps the children select books and further initiate the process of self-study. Books for All, which started out as a basic library concept, has become a multi-pronged initiative striving to tap the children's hidden talents such as public speaking, art and craft, theatre, and singing. "We want Books for All to complement the education system, by setting up library-cum-creativity centres in government/aided schools across North India. We want to help children realise their potential, boost their vitality and seize the opportunities that higher education can open to them," according to Kanchan. Pravin says they need a central warehouse for sorting, coding and further distribution of all material needed for the schools and for the children. They need to organise collection centres for books in offices and malls in major cities and transport all collections to the central warehouse. "The organisation also needs like-minded and committed volunteers to help take our mission forward," says Pravin. ( Source -education insider) Noufal.PP Library & Information Services Management Training Centre Tata Motors Jamshedpur Mob:09234607094 LP:0657 6693633 ******************************************************************************************************************************************************** "This e-Mail may contain proprietary and confidential information and is sentfor the intended recipient(s) only. If, by an addressing or transmission error,this mail has been misdirected to you, you are requested to delete this mailimmediately. You are also hereby notified that any use, any form of reproduction, dissemination, copying, disclosure, modification, distribution and/or publication of this e-mail message,contents or its attachment(s) other than by its intended recipient(s) is strictly prohibited. Any opinions expressed in this email are those of the individual and not necessarily of the organization. Before opening attachment(s), please scan for viruses." ******************************************************************************************************************************************************** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.