Project Brief: Schools supported by Asha Chennai need to buy bookshelves to house donated books
Project Type: Capex / Infrastructure (description)
Primary Focus: creating resources (description)

Secondary Focus: other

Area: Rural
Supporting Chapter Contact:
Berkeley

Status: CLOSED - ENDED
Project Steward: Suchitha Sundaram
Project Partner(s): Dhurka Chinnaiyan
Project Address: Library Storage Project
54 Bhimasena Garden Street
Mylapore, Tamil Nadu 600004
Tel: 98844-37340
Stewarding Chapter: Berkeley

In June 2008, the Omprakash Foundation donated books to schools across India. Rural Tamil Nadu schools supported by Asha Chennai were some of the beneficiaries. Around 250 boxes of books were donated, with about 60-80 books in each box. The books are mostly aimed at pre-school and primary school students.

Asha Chennai distributed the books to the various schools and balwadis (nurseries) and would like to help with storage as well. They would like to create a mini-library at each school, facilitated by the use of bookshelves. They have decided to buy steel bookshelves with doors and locks on each, since this is a relatively inexpensive and durable option.