Project Brief: The Eureka Peoples Library seeks to set up a network of village libraries. It also seeks to develop and produce appropriate materials for neo-literates in local languages.
Project Type: Resource Centers (description)
Primary Focus: creating resources (description)

Secondary Focus: other

Area: Rural
Supporting Chapter Contact:
DC

Status: CLOSED - ENDED
Project Steward: Ankur Sarin
Co-Steward: Dimple Kapoor
Project Partner(s): Prabha Balaraman
Project Address: Eureka Makkal Noolagam
AID-INDIA old no 20,new no 34,
Retinam street, gopalapuram,
Chennai, Tamil Nadu 86
Tel: 28350403.
Stewarding Chapter: DC

The project is seeking to create a network of village libraries in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. It uses an innovative hierarchical structure to not only ensure supervision and guidance but also to enable exchange between local libraries to reduce costs. The Eureka People's Library also seeks to develop and produce appropriate materials for neo-literates in local languages.Asha is currently supporting 70 libraries each in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.