Let’s Build a Library

More and more of what we read are digital these days. After all, you wouldn’t be reading this blog right now if it weren’t for the bits and bytes flowing through ether into the fluid screen in front of you. But is the only way to have a stimulating reading experience is by…

…going digital?

Students in Spreeha schools proved otherwise in a brisk and sunny February morning. They stepped out of their classroom and went to…

…a book fair!

Spreeha organized a tour of the National Book Fair, which takes place over the entire month of February each year in Bangladesh. The tour, “Let’s go to the book fair” (“চলো বই মেলায় যাই” – Cholo Boi Mêla-ae Jai), was an initiative to enhance the scholastic interest among underprivileged students in the Spreeha education programs. 57 children joined the event.

The children then visited stalls in the fair, bought books and finished their lunch at the Bangla Academy cafeteria. Spreeha provided an allowance to buy books of their choice. Once done with their own copy, the books will be used to build…

…a library!!

Yes, a library – in the Spreeha school facilities, created by the students, for the students.

[April 12, 2014]