FYI,

Sharing this from ALA Connect for informational purposes only:

Good morning everyone

I am a member in a Library group in India called Lifrarians, they have a very large membership and are very active. Recently, they have extended their outreach projects to setting up libraries for rural Indian schools.

They are using crowd funding to purchase books and they have partnered with a non-profit publisher of books called Pratham Books who specializes in various local languages. Pratham has been recognized by the 'Library of Congress' as a quality publisher and non-profit.

https://milaap.org/fundraisers/support-liferarian-association

They are using Milapp for their international donations. Milapp is a non-profit that started in India to offer micro-financing for farming and has now started crowd funding for charity projects. They were reported in 'Forbes India' as an innovator in micro-finance.

This is a great grass-root work in India, led by Indian librarians. Again, please donate if you feel able and spread the word if you think it deserving.

Alan

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Alan Jacques
Head Librarian
Gems World Academy, Dubai
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Forwarded by:

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Youth Services Specialist for Lifelong Learning

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