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Organisation
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Bombay
Community Public Trust (BCPT), Mumbai
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Project
name
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Read to grow: A Multi-dimensional approach
to promote reading among children |
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Grant
operationalised
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January 2009 |
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Duration
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3 years |
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Grant
amount sanctioned
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Rs8.56
million |
Activities within
the grant and expected impact:
This project is towards:
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Strengthening
and expanding the community learning
centres (CLCs) |
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Initiating work
with select public libraries and government
schools and developing resources on
libraries and children’s literature
which is very useful for the sector.
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Six non-profit organisations are partnering
BCPT in running the CLCs. The project's
key components include:
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Consolidation
and strengthening of the ongoing CLCs
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Establishment
of new CLCs |
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Enhancing functioning
of public libraries |
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Promoting reading
in municipal primary schools |
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Building resources
and capacities |
The project is expected to lead to:
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About 14,000
children actively using the centres
/ libraries. At least 50 - 75 per cent
(depending on the model) of the children
will show improvement in their vocabulary
and greater fluency in reading at the
end of the 3-year period. All children
regularly attending the centres would
show greater interest in reading, books,
openness to new ideas, enhanced ability
to process new information, etc. Finally,
at least 75 per cent of the children
will attain enhanced abilities vis-à-vis
expressing themselves. |
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Eight well-functioning
community-based libraries cum learning
centres in urban slums being established,
along with classroom based libraries
in three government school buildings
and improved functioning of two public
libraries. All libraries would be equipped
with graded books, teaching-learning
material and trained staff to run the
centres with understanding of children
and libraries. 40-50 per cent children
will show significant improvement in
their confidence levels, creative expression
and interest in books; besides, at least
50 children will become members of the
library each year. |
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Development of
annotated bibliographies of children’s
literature in English, Hindi and Marathi,
an activity book on library activities
and the organisation of a learning forum
for BCPT’s partners and others
engaged in running of libraries, which
will contribute to the development of
children’s literature sector |
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