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Help Children in Rural Government Schools Discover the Joy of Reading
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    Created by

    Chandrika Kanumuri
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    This fundraiser will benefit

    Balamitra Foundation

    from Hyderabad, Telangana

“Books give a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything” 

Helping a child discover the joy of reading is not hard – put a book in their hands and their imagination will take flight. Every child should be able to experience this joy, irrespective of the situation they are in. Children in Government schools, particularly those in impoverished rural settings, don’t have this opportunity. We at Balamitra, will be working to change this story for the schoolchildren in the village of Billalavalasa.

Who is Balamitra?
Balamitra Foundation, a registered Public Charitable Trust, has been set up to empower children by giving them an opportunity to participate in social causes to support the underprivileged. Our primary focus for fundraising is to support Government schools in rural areas.
Our last fundraising initiative had children in an apartment community in Hyderabad participating in a sports event to raise money for sports and games equipment for Government schools in the village of Billalavalasa and nearby villages as well.

What are we raising funds for?
Our initiative, titled ‘Books and Bookshelves’ is aimed at setting up libraries in the three Government schools in Billalavalasa – MPPS (Mandal Parishad Primary School) I and II, and ZPHS (Zilla Parishad High School).
MPPS I -
MPPS II - ZPHS - 
Since these schools lack the funds and infrastructure to setup full-fledged libraries, we will be providing bookshelves stocked with books for the children to read. 

For the two primary schools, the focus will be on picture books, storybooks, and books on general knowledge. 

For the high school, the focus will be on general knowledge books, trends in science & technology, and a few reference books including dictionaries. Some amount will be set aside for purchasing books on additional study material needed for exams since the school budget allocated for such purchases is insufficient. 

To support our initiative, the school administration will add a library period to the curriculum and assign a teacher to run and maintain the library. 

Our fundraising target of INR 1,08,000 will be used as follows:
2 Mandal Parishad Primary Schools:
2 Bookshelves: INR 20,000 (10,000 per school)
Books: INR 30,000 (15,000 per school)

1 Zilla Parishad High School: 
2 Bookshelves: INR 20,000
Books: INR 30,000

Admin Expenses: INR 8,000

About Billalavalasa – Billalavalasa is a village in Meraka Mudidham Mandal, Vizianagaram District, Andhra Pradesh. The population is 936, which mostly consists of agricultural labourers and other daily wage workers. The crops here are dependent on rain water bodies which get filled during monsoons so there are idle periods for about 30%-40% of the year.

Please note that since we have registered our Trust only earlier this year, we are unable to provide the 80(G) tax benefit certificate for donations at this point as our 80(G) application is still being processed.
Please support us in our endeavour to give rural schoolchildren the opportunity to read, ‘to give wings to their minds and flight to their imagination!!” For any queries, please reach out to Chandrika at balamitrafoundation@gmail.com

Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/balamitrafoundation




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