The Need-A-Read initiative, currently based on a non-profit model, is primarily aimed at uplifting educational standards in rural India. Knowledge and the development of perspective through reading books brings about an immense value addition to an individual's character. There are students in this country, who have the innate desire to read, to learn, to discover the world through books, but are
unfortunate in not having the adequate means to do so. With that in mind, this initiative expects to provide free books and reading material to select schools which do not even have libraries, let alone inadequately equipped libraries; a fact that takes us to Rural India. The Need-A-Read initiative focuses on schools which fall into the category mentioned above and aims to bridge the gap through a simple yet effective process. We collect books from schools and colleges in Urban India through collection campaigns, books and material which would otherwise lie idle on desks or be sold, and once we assimilate the material, we donate them to select schools which would benefit greatly from the addition of the same to their libraries.
