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whole lot of space is available for everyone to inspire India
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gives a short intro about “Inspire India”.
Similar
kind of organising and implementing a library is far easier than we think and
yes, you can believe me, I am telling this out of our experience. If your
organisation has employees just above 40 then it’s much easier task.
Just
mail them about the idea of setting up a library for orphanages and you can be
very sure most will respond positively. After getting the final ‘yes’ you can
start the next step
Fund Collection:
Set
Rs.200 per head which would sum as Rs.8000 and online transfer is an easier option
and you could ask your members to do so. With the collected amount we just need
to purchase books, a shelf, snacks to distribute during inauguration event.
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| Inspire India Members with Bala Ashramam members and Children |
Orphanage Selection:
Go
through the internet and search for orphanages and get the contact number, dial
and ask for an appointment and visit in person and explain your plan then ask
their need like no. of books, types of books, whether they need rack\shelf and
what type of rack. Fix a date for inauguration and confirm every needed thing
with them.
Within
two days an orphanage can be finalised.
Book Purchase:
A
minimum of 150 or 200 books are quite necessary to set up a library.
Allocate
Rs.3000 for purchasing book.
It’s
not necessary that you always need to buy first hand or fresh books. You can
also go for second hand or used books which look or you feel the book is quite
readable\usable. Second hand books purchases are good at Moore market and Luz
corner. You can get all kind of books @ half the rate or to the maximum 75% of
the original rate and bargaining comes in as effective tool.
New
books can be purchased in T.Nagar book shops or else to get discounted books
you can visit publishers (http://tamilelibrary.org/teli/bkpubls.html)
directly and can demand more discount by telling them about your library plan
and you will get discount for sure. Even online purchases can be made.
It
just takes one evening. Two members to LUZ and two members to Moore Market
Shelf\Rack\Bureau:
A
wood shelf just cost Rs.3000 to Rs.4000 and T.Nagar shops are best bet. In case
if the orphanage is located far away from T.Nagar then any shops near to the
orphanages is preferable as this will reduce the transport charges.
It
also needs just an evening to spend.
Labelling: (if needed)
Categorising
and labelling the books are the essence of any library. It simple categorise
the purchased books and segregate with the type of book sans language. Ex:
Birbal, Thenali Raman, Mullah, Shakespeare comes under Stories; Bhaghavath Gita, Bible, Quran comes under Devotional.
Add
Serial no., Book Name, Language and Category and labelling done.
It
just needs a day.
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| Library at Bala Ashramam, Chrompet |
Inauguration:
Invite
your members and try assembling everyone on the fixed date with the orphanage.
Get a chief guest like your Teacher, Professor, Team Manager to cut the ribbon.
After setting up the rack with books tie the ribbon around and ask the chief
guest to open the library. Now distribute the snacks like chocolates, mixtures,
biscuits, etc., to the children and just give a small talk and if possible interact
with them all.
Library
for an orphanage is done successfully