Books of the Rainbow

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Books Of The Rainbow

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UPDATE: WE HAVE PASSED THE TARGET! In case you were about to donate but thought "oh, looks like she doesn't need it anymore" ... yes we do! I chose a fairly modest goal, since I'm a fairly unambitious kind of girl that way, but the truth is the list of what we need (below) would cost more than $1000. Also, on top of that list we would also love further sports equipment, 7 more whiteboards (to replace the awful blackboards), art and crafts supplies, a drum, small speakers for our Nepali dance classes and, of course, books books books. Please rest assured that if you donate we will find a very good and rewarding use for the donated funds. 


I'm volunteering as a teacher in rural West Bengal, India at a school called Rainbow Academy in the village of Gorubathan. The school actually has enough wonderful, local teachers, but hardly any resources to speak of (no books, no whiteboard markers half the time, no teacher's copies of textbooks), so I figure fundraising is how I can be of best use.
 
I worked for seven years for the University Bookshop in Dunedin and got my mother to send over a large box of donated books - the start of my library project, further evidence of which you can see at: http://booksoftherainbow.tumblr.com/


While the books are the heart and soul of the library, I also want to raise enough cold hard cash to buy: 

  • Books which are cheaper and more relevant sourced locally - for example English/ Nepali dictionaries which cost about $4NZ each and teacher's copies of the textbooks, so they can plan lessons ahead of time. 
  • Furniture, cushions and a curtain for the library. 
  • Various supplies the school is lacking in: white boards, markers, pens, wall charts, maps, a globe (our current one has a large chunk missing and plays host to a resident cockroach). 
  • Sports equipment - a soccer ball and some cricket gear are most urgent. 
  • FANS! We teach and learn in a large, tin-roofed house in India and don't currently have any fans. Needless to say, this makes summer afternoons very trying indeed. I asked one of the local teachers what he feels the school needs and his answer, without having to think about it, was ceiling fans for the six classrooms. These would cost only about $30 each and would make a huge difference to the classes. 
  • Further funds for outreach programs the school runs in attempting to reach the very poor who aren't currently attending school. 

Aside from raising funds, people are also sending me their old books/ favorite books in the post and we walk down to the local post office to pick them up - a process the children find particularly exciting. If you would rather do this, please see my tumblr for the address.

 

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    Project 2013-03-16 00:35:11 +1300


    UPDATE: WE HAVE PASSED THE TARGET! In case you were about to donate but thought "oh, looks like she doesn't need it anymore" ... yes we do! I chose a fairly modest goal, since I'm a fairly unambitious kind of girl that way, but the truth is the list of what we need (below) would cost more than $1000. Also, on top of that list we would also love further sports equipment, 7 more whiteboards (to replace the awful blackboards), art and crafts supplies, a drum, small speakers for our Nepali dance classes and, of course, books books books. Please rest assured that if you donate we will find a very good and rewarding use for the donated funds. 


    I'm volunteering as a teacher in rural West Bengal, India at a school called Rainbow Academy in the village of Gorubathan. The school actually has enough wonderful, local teachers, but hardly any resources to speak of (no books, no whiteboard markers half the time, no teacher's copies of textbooks), so I figure fundraising is how I can be of best use.
     
    I worked for seven years for the University Bookshop in Dunedin and got my mother to send over a large box of donated books - the start of my library project, further evidence of which you can see at: http://booksoftherainbow.tumblr.com/


    While the books are the heart and soul of the library, I also want to raise enough cold hard cash to buy: 

    • Books which are cheaper and more relevant sourced locally - for example English/ Nepali dictionaries which cost about $4NZ each and teacher's copies of the textbooks, so they can plan lessons ahead of time. 
    • Furniture, cushions and a curtain for the library. 
    • Various supplies the school is lacking in: white boards, markers, pens, wall charts, maps, a globe (our current one has a large chunk missing and plays host to a resident cockroach). 
    • Sports equipment - a soccer ball and some cricket gear are most urgent. 
    • FANS! We teach and learn in a large, tin-roofed house in India and don't currently have any fans. Needless to say, this makes summer afternoons very trying indeed. I asked one of the local teachers what he feels the school needs and his answer, without having to think about it, was ceiling fans for the six classrooms. These would cost only about $30 each and would make a huge difference to the classes. 
    • Further funds for outreach programs the school runs in attempting to reach the very poor who aren't currently attending school. 

    Aside from raising funds, people are also sending me their old books/ favorite books in the post and we walk down to the local post office to pick them up - a process the children find particularly exciting. If you would rather do this, please see my tumblr for the address.

     

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      Rachel
      28/04/2013 at 12:12am
      Rachel Cooper
      26/04/2013 at 2:44pm
      Kushana
      17/04/2013 at 8:40am
      Simon Travaglia
      28/03/2013 at 1:36pm
      Calum Johnstone
      25/03/2013 at 9:10am
      KC Little
      23/03/2013 at 8:57am
      Joey Bania
      22/03/2013 at 10:47am
      Simon Wallace
      22/03/2013 at 12:04am
      Gill Winter
      20/03/2013 at 1:57pm
      Alasdair Johnston
      20/03/2013 at 10:51am
      Paul Cardno
      20/03/2013 at 9:08am
      Sibylle
      20/03/2013 at 12:28am
      Sibylle
      19/03/2013 at 10:10pm
      Sandra
      19/03/2013 at 8:59pm
      Anthony Lander
      19/03/2013 at 8:58pm
      Natasha Smillie
      19/03/2013 at 6:50pm
      Samdrub
      19/03/2013 at 6:49pm
      Mark Fisher
      19/03/2013 at 12:17pm
      Bronwyn Haines
      19/03/2013 at 11:27am
      Sian Evans
      19/03/2013 at 10:37am
      Lucinda McConnon
      19/03/2013 at 9:30am
      Karen Haire
      19/03/2013 at 9:20am
      DJF
      19/03/2013 at 2:31am
      Anonymous pledger
      19/03/2013 at 12:29am
      Kat Swagbag McGee
      18/03/2013 at 11:13pm
      Anna George
      18/03/2013 at 8:15pm
      gege
      18/03/2013 at 8:01pm
      Jonathan Sutton
      18/03/2013 at 7:09pm
      Karen Jacquard
      18/03/2013 at 6:29pm
      jodie
      18/03/2013 at 6:25pm

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