Our community library program began as a response to the Covid-19 situation, with the similar aim of making sure that every child has access to a wide variety of children's books. Our main goal is to ensure that children are able to understand the text, the illustrations, and experience the pure joy of reading.
Library need not always be an enclosed room, but can be an open space under the sky, amidst trees, and a place where the community, the children call it as their own. This is what makes a community library unique. Currently we have two community library centres- Khem Matihniya and Baniya Chapar, both of which are villages in the Kuchaikote block of Gopalganj.
Each week our team carries books in zholas and conducts a library session which has been thoughtfully designed to open up various themes, genres, writers and some outstanding books from children’s literature.
Both of these sites have been flourishing with the support of the community and the children. These are lively spaces where children gather, read, borrow books, interact, play, and learn in a safe space.
Community Library
Our community library program began as a response to the Covid-19 situation, with the similar aim of making sure that every child has access to a wide variety of children's books. Our main goal is to ensure that children are able to understand the text, the illustrations, and experience the pure joy of reading.
Library need not always be an enclosed room, but can be an open space under the sky, amidst trees, and a place where the community, the children call it as their own. This is what makes a community library unique. Currently we have two community library centres- Khem Matihniya and Baniya Chapar, both of which are villages in the Kuchaikote block of Gopalganj.
Each week our team carries books in zholas and conducts a library session which has been thoughtfully designed to open up various themes, genres, writers and some outstanding books from children’s literature.
Both of these sites have been flourishing with the support of the community and the children. These are lively spaces where children gather, read, borrow books, interact, play, and learn in a safe space.