community libraries

For a decade, Kerala resident Radhamani, a librarian at the Pratibha Public Library, has been walking door to door to distribute books for just Rs 5. Watch this video to see what her motivation to start this endeavor was.

The community library at Cheruia was open to the public in the first week of September and it has over 600 books - 200 educational books and 400 storybooks

Conceptualised by Navjyoti and executed in association with four volunteers namely Ruchi Dhona, Rajat Dua, Ashima Singh and Vishu Gupta from Bain & Company, Let’s Open a Book, opened eight community libraries. Through the medium of reading, it has been transforming the lives of hundreds of children in these villages.