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The Centre for Innovation in Voluntary Action (CIVA) is a non-profit organisation which was set up in 1995 by Michael Norton with the idea that new ideas and new approaches can make a real impact in addressing social and community problems. Please visit www.civa.org.uk to learn more about our work.
Literacy is important for getting people out of poverty. Providing access to books and encouraging reading is a good way of developing and sustaining literacy, as well as bringing information and ideas which they themselves can use to improve their lives.
CIVA launched its village literacy programmes in India in 1997. Read more about the background to our work on the right.
Vidyanjali Village Reading Groups
Our latest idea is to set up "Women’s Village Reading Groups". Vidyanjali is a Telegu word, and means “disseminating Knowledge”.
Hence, our project aims to encourage literacy by bringing books to women in villages of Andhra Pradesh; and empower women by providing them with practical information that they can use to improve their daily lives.
Thank you for visiting our website and we hope you enjoy finding out more about our project and are able to support our work.
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To date CIVA have already :
Supported the development of publications aimed at village readers. These publications contain practical information and advice in Telugu (the local language in the state of Andhra Pradesh/South India) for village readers that would help people and communities improve their lives and livelihoods. The topics of these publications include Rights, Health, Nutrition, Sanitation, Water, Livestock, Farming, Gardening and Income generation.
Promoted and supported the setting up of village libraries as a place in the local community to make books available and encourage reading. This programme includes providing librarian training to encourage reading and the wider use of libraries, and to find ways of developing the libraries as a vibrant village information centre.
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