Fwd: [Curtain Raiser] - "Vignana Vikasam" A WHAT Library for rural areas

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From: Lakshmi Narayana panuku <sureshpanuku@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 12:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Curtain Raiser] - "Vignana Vikasam" A WHAT Library for rural areas
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RSS publishes a collection of autobiographies of eminent people in India.

It is a collection of around 100 small books in Telugu.

These stoty books can be of good read for children.

This set costs around 700Rs.

Sorry that I forgot the title of this books set, but you can get it from RSS office in Narayana Guda.

 

Thanks,

Suresh

On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 10:19 AM, WHAT (We Help And Teach) <wehelpandteach@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Friends,

 

The only true equalizers in the world are books;

The only treasure-house open to all comers is a library;

The only wealth which will not decay is knowledge;

The only jewel which you can carry beyond the grave is wisdom.

 

"Nearly 700 million Indians live in 600,000 villages across rural India. Connectivity of village complexes providing economic opportunities to all segments of people is an urgent need. We need to innovate to increase connectivity to the villages, making clusters out of them even while retaining their individuality"   Sri Dr.Abdul Kalam's vision (PURA - Providing Urban Amenities to Rural Areas) is to provide four hubs for the development of rural areas where One amongst them is "Knowledge Hub".

As part of fulfilling this, with the goal of providing necessary information to the villages in the field of Education, Agriculture and other infotainment areas, WHAT came up with "Viganana Vikasam" – A Library for rural areas.   And also with future goal of connecting the village with the rest of the world in the fields of Law, Health and Hygiene, Eco-Friendly living etc so that excellence is achieved in all fields through which the Village can be turned into a Model Village.

 

Currently we are in the process of purchasing books for the Library and looking for your support for the below.

 

What we need from you:

1. Please take a look at the attached list of books. Please let us know if you have any of these books and ready to donate them to "Vignana Vikasam".
Let us know if you can suggest a book shop (any where in AP) which can provide us discount
Suggest us if you wish to add any other books to the list.

 

When will this project be live?

On Nov 14^th 2010, WHAT's first Library will be set up in Rampuram Village, Tekkali, Srikakulam District, AP.

 

More details of this project will be published soon.

 

Any questions/Suggestions are open.

 

Thanks,

Team WHAT

www.wehelpandteach.org