In India, only a few lakh children can access a library. Pratham Books, a Bangalore based publisher of children’s books has a unique plan to address this issue.
Iblur government primary school managed with just three classrooms for over 300 students. And most of them didn’t even have benches to sit on. Apartment communities around the area answered the call for help.
With 124 entries from Bengaluru alone, the first ever Design for Giving contest had children from schools across the country designing solutions for India’s greatest challenges.
A government school operates out of a car shed, as authorities demolished its building in a road widening drive. A year later, the road is neither widened nor is the school relocated to another premises.
