From: “arvind venkatadri” <arvind.venkatadri@gmail.com>
Cc: “Library Team” <aksharalib@gmail.com>
Hello Shri Vinay,
I am Arvind Venkatadri and I head the School and Community Library
Programme Akshara Foundation, Bangalore. ( www.aksharafoundation.org)
We have 366 Libraries running in Bangalore today and these serve
children in all the 1410 Government schools of Bangalore Urban district.
We also have 12 Libraries set up in Communities.
Here are the responses to your queries:
1)Type of Books:Books for CHILDREN: stories, mythology, fairy tales,
nature, general knowledge, sports, humour. Donated Books may be in
Kannada, Urdu, English, Tamil, Telugu and Hindi languages.
2) Location for dropping off Books: Akshara Foundation, No. 633/634,
4th“C” Main,6th “B” Cross, OMBR Layout,Banaswadi, Bangalore – 560 043,
Karnataka, India, Tel: +91-80- 2542 9726/27
3)Email Contact: myself and also aksharalib@gmail.com
4)Utilization of the donated Books: Distribution to all Libraries based
on type and language of boo; story telling; creation of Books based
activities linked to aspects of school curriculum
5) One Line Statement: Let us help Children Read, Understand and
Transform their World.
Many thanks for your efforts!
Warm Regards
Arvind Venkatadri
Head, Library Programme
Akshara Foundation
+91-97413-90757
<arvind.venkatadri@gmail.com>