The problem we are trying to solve:
Research says, more than 2 million kids in India cannot afford a book to read. On the other hand, we have privileged people like us who have piles of books lying on our shelves – which we are neither reading nor selling as scrap (raddi).

Started in 2016, Books For All – the flagship project of NGO Guzarish (which is registered as a Trust) – aims to bridge this gap by collecting books from individuals/corporates/schools, etc. and distributing them to underprivileged kids across the country, ensuring every kid has access to books

Our solution:
We follow a simple 4 step model:

• Collection: We offer free doorstep pickup of books on the donors’ chosen dates

         

• Sorting/Categorization: Each book collected is brought to our warehouse cum library in West Delhi and then barcoded and segregated into 100+ categories (e.g., Class 1 English, Class 12 Hindi, English Story Books, etc.)

         

• Distribution: NGOs across the country and government school-kids in Delhi are invited to our library to  pick up the books they need

         

• Impact Assessment: We ask every NGO/kids to send us a 2-5 line book review – sharing what they learned from the book

Our Impact so far:
We have distributed 40,000+ books since inception and reached over 4 lakh kids, across 15 states in the country!

         

         

         

Why do we need funds:
Currently, logistics (the cost of hiring a vehicle which pickups books from our donor’s location) accounts for close to 30% of our cost – INR 20,000 per month. Further, the high cost of hiring a vehicle restricts us from offering door-step pickup every day.Thus, for making our collection scalable and sustainable, we are looking forward to owning our own logistics vehicle for Guzarish.

Owning our own vehicle will help us offer our collection facility to more donors and simultaneously save capital that can be deployed in hiring a skilled team. The team will help us reach more schools to achieve our goal of distributing 1 lakh books per year.

Target: Rs. 6,00,000

Cost Breakup:

• Vehicle type: Tata Ace (CNG)
• Cost of a new vehicle: 5.18 L on road
• Cost of slight modification needed (covered body to be made): 0.3 L
• Total cost: 5.48 L
• Miscellaneous Costs (e.g., no entry pass cost, registration cost, insurance, etc): 52k

About Us: 
Ankit Manchanda, an alumnus of SP Jain Institute of Management & Research, and his friends Jaibeer Singh (29), Prachi Luthra (29) and Sanymi Gupta (29), who are all Teach for India fellows, came together in 2016 and co-founded Guzarish. Books For All is its flagship project. With a strong association with reading as one of the best sources of knowledge and wanting to contribute back to the society, Ankit met like-minded people from Teach for India who learned from their experience that there is a dearth of quality reading material for children in government schools and also a major gap in their learning levels.  

We are now a team of 10 members and 30+ interns in Delhi who are passionate to work towards our vision.

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If you believe in what we do, please share this story with your friends and relatives. This is as much an awareness campaign as it is a fundraiser.

Visit our website for more details:  www.booksforall.org.in
Follow us at https://www.facebook.com/BooksForAllInitiative/

Other ways to donate:

• Donate using PayUMoney- http://bit.ly/Donate2Guzarish

Bank Account Details (for direct bank transfer)
Account Holder’s Name: Guzarish
Account Number: 1592104000060279
Bank Name: IDBI Bank LTD
IFSC Code: IBKL0001592

Note- For sending across a monthly donation, please add our organization, “Guzarish: with the above-mentioned bank account details”, as a payee in your bank and then add standing instructions to the payee for the stipulated donation amount.

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