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BOOKS AND LITERACY FOR DEVELOPMENT - VILLAGE READING PROGRAMME
Our village reading programme aims to bring books to semi-illiterate women in villages... and then enable them to read and discuss the books, and decide what action they can take to improve their lives. We started in 2004 on a pilot basis and are now expanding the programme.
We are working with the Farm and Rural Science Foundation in Warangal District and with the Adolescent Girls Programme of the Integrated Child Development Scheme of the Department of Women Development and Child Welfare in Rangareddy District.
Our partners set up a number of reading groups, each with around 10 to 15 women in each. There is a “Village Reader” who acts as a resource person for the group. Our target audience for the reading groups is adolescent girls and young women from the Banjara and Lambada tribal groups, who are amongst the most disadvantaged.
We provide multiple copies of a range of books on practical subjects (such as better health and income generation) and encourage the readers to take action to improve their lives and their communities. We have a pool of experts who visit from time to time to share their expertise on topics under discussion.
This project is being paid for entirely by private donations. To sponsor a reading circle requires £230 per annum, to pay for the following costs:
Your money will provide books, storage Costs per reading circle per annum
100 books a year based on 2 copies of 50 titles @ Rs35 per title 3,500
Village reader/session supervisor fee : 50 sessions @ Rs75 per session 3,750
Resource persons Experts ion agriculture, health, etc to assist in discussions, provide advice and help people turn ideas into action in their lives 25 sessions @ Rs100 per session 2,500
Sundry costs such as materials, etc.1,000
Training and support to the village reader and the group 4,000
Travel and subsistence for the training 700
Coordination 3,500
Total costs per reading circle: Rs18,950 (converted at Rs82.5 = £1).
Click here to find out more about the Vidyanjali Village Reading Groups project.
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