Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe by Email Putera MIC launched a book donation drive on Wednesday.
The objectives of this campaign are:
* To help strengthen libraries in SRJK(T) in various par of the country
* To encourage reading habits among indian students studying in SRJK(T) by provising free books
* To nurture reading as hobby among students in the SRJK(T).
To get more info (well, don’t ask to many question, just donate a book la!) or to contribute, contact:
Thanasekaran @ 012 4801989 (Project Director)
Umabaran @ 012 5875215 (Penang),
Saravanan @ 012 3375729 (Johor)
Maheswaran @ 012 4630320 (Kedah),
Rama @ 012 6957150 (Melaka)
Gobi @ 012 4575848 (Perak),
Dr.Thina @ 017 2802767 (Negeri Sembilan)
Parry @ 012 3402749 (Selangor),
Visirajan @ 012 9715502 (KL)
According to posting on its website, they only want books, nothing more – “textbooks, reference books, dictionaries, storybooks, anything. Whatever you can afford to part with”. This campaign will be for two months and future campaigns will depend on the response, says it chief, P Kamalanathan. If you have a sizeable amount of books, they’ll come and pick it up.
Photos of the launching ceremony is at:
http://puteramic.blogspot.com/2008/10/putera-mic-is-on-book-donation-drive.html
According to Kamalanathan, the books collected would be given to a particular Tamil school in each state.
He urged the public to donate unused primary school books and other relevant reading materials to the respective MIC Putera centres throughout the country. THe said that schools must also organise reading campaigns to generate interest in reading among school children.
There is a possibility that money could be made by selling the books to scrap dealers.