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Stories

Impact stories from the schools and villages we work with.

Matching stories

3 stories

Impact story
Four books and a 1994 telephone directory
The library at MPPS Kothapally now holds 840 titles. When we first walked in, it held four — and one of those was a phone book.
Published: 18 Aug 2026Reading time: 2 min read
Impact story
The library that opens on Sunday
At Ankapur the school library is open to the whole village on Sunday mornings. It was not our idea, and the attendance register is the best thing we have read all year.
Published: 17 Jun 2026Reading time: 2 min read
Announcement
Nineteen libraries before June
Our largest single push yet: nineteen school libraries, ₹12,00,000, and a deadline set by the academic calendar rather than by us.
Published: 10 Jun 2026Reading time: 2 min read

Let’s build a literate tomorrow

Run a Saturday reading hour, catalogue a school library or help at a book distribution. Give a few hours; a child keeps the habit for life.

Field notes

Impact stories from the schools and villages we work with.

3 stories

Impact story
Four books and a 1994 telephone directory
The library at MPPS Kothapally now holds 840 titles. When we first walked in, it held four — and one of those was a phone book.
Published: 18 Aug 2026Reading time: 2 min read
Impact story
The library that opens on Sunday
At Ankapur the school library is open to the whole village on Sunday mornings. It was not our idea, and the attendance register is the best thing we have read all year.
Published: 17 Jun 2026Reading time: 2 min read
Announcement
Nineteen libraries before June
Our largest single push yet: nineteen school libraries, ₹12,00,000, and a deadline set by the academic calendar rather than by us.
Published: 10 Jun 2026Reading time: 2 min read

Let’s build a literate tomorrow

Run a Saturday reading hour, catalogue a school library or help at a book distribution. Give a few hours; a child keeps the habit for life.