Flood-affected school library gets a revamp

  • | Friday | 8th February, 2019

“Our aim is not only to collect a bunch of books and hand it over to the school but also to redefine the concept of school libraries by creating a colourful, comfortable and friendly corner that attracts children. Instead of furniture in the library, we have carpeted the entire floor and cushions have been arranged. MLA V D Satheeshan will throw open the facility to students at a small function to be held in the school at 10am on Friday. We are also working with the school to have a reading/library programme wherein our volunteers shall have weekly story reading session, storytelling, assisted reading etc with student of various classes. We want to make it a place for creative interaction for the students,” said founder and president of 360 Degree Gautham Ravindran.The revamping has been done at a cost of Rs 60,000.Sr Annie T A, the school headmistress, said that revamped library would promote reading habit among students.

KOCHI: To give a new lease of life to flood-affected school libraries, a Thiruvananthapuram-based non-governmental organization, 360 Degree, has launched a campaign ‘Gift a Story’ through which selected libraries will be revamped.As the beginning of the campaign, the library at St Joseph School for Girls, Varapuzha, which was one of the worst-affected by the floods in the district, has been revamped.The library, which lost over 250 books in the floods, now wears a new outlook with colourful paintings, enlightening quotes on the walls and a new array of over 600 books. MLA V D Satheeshan will throw open the facility to students at a small function to be held in the school at 10am on Friday. “Our aim is not only to collect a bunch of books and hand it over to the school but also to redefine the concept of school libraries by creating a colourful, comfortable and friendly corner that attracts children. Instead of furniture in the library, we have carpeted the entire floor and cushions have been arranged. We are also working with the school to have a reading/library programme wherein our volunteers shall have weekly story reading session, storytelling, assisted reading etc with student of various classes. We want to make it a place for creative interaction for the students,” said founder and president of 360 Degree Gautham Ravindran.The revamping has been done at a cost of Rs 60,000.Sr Annie T A, the school headmistress, said that revamped library would promote reading habit among students.

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