Our work
Books for Every Child
Good quality books and study material, given free to children who need them.
The gap
Why this is needed.
A school seat is free. The books that make the seat useful are not.
A single set of textbooks and workbooks can cost more than a family earns in a week, so the books arrive late in the year, second-hand and incomplete, or not at all.
A child without the book falls behind in the first month and spends the rest of the year catching up.
Our approach
What we actually do.
- We collect books from people who no longer need them, and we buy new ones where a syllabus demands it.
- Every book is checked before it goes out. Torn, outdated and incomplete copies are not passed on to a child.
- Books go to the child directly, free, with no paperwork for the family to fill in.
How it works
Start to finish.
These steps happen in order, every time.
- Step 1
A need reaches us
Through a family, a school, a volunteer, or a request made on this site.
- Step 2
We match the child to the books
Class, medium of instruction and syllabus — a Marathi-medium Class 6 set is not an English-medium one.
- Step 3
We check every copy
Condition, edition and completeness. Anything we would not give our own child is not given to theirs.
- Step 4
The books are handed over
In person where we can, at the door where we cannot.
Impact
What this has added up to.
We have not published figures for this programme yet.
ReadoBook keeps its own records of what goes out and to whom. Those numbers will be published here once the foundation has reconciled them and can name the period they cover.
How you can help
Three things that make a difference here.
The other three
Doorstep Delivery
Because a bus fare across the city is a real reason a child stops reading.
Digital Learning Support
A working phone, tablet or laptop — repaired, wiped and handed to a student who has none.
Online Library
Request a book from a phone. We deliver it, or point you to a copy you can read straight away.