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MISSION POSSIBLE: INDIA Project Profiles 2016

GITANJALI SENIOR SCHOOL

Mission Possible students at Gitanjali wanted to raise awareness of the importance of quality education among low-income communities. Inspired by their mutual love of reading and passion for sharing good books, they decided to focus on literacy for their Mission Possible

project. They identified a local public school that lacked sufficient reading materials for its students, and made a plan to create the school’s first-ever library. They conducted a book drive at their school through which they collected more than 300 books in English, Telugu, and Hindi. Local sponsors helped by building a new “reading room” at the school Project Objectives: • To promote reading among youth

• To improve students’ literacy skills, knowledge and critical thinking skills

• To encourage teachers to incorporate reading activities in their instruction

Activities: • Visits and meetings with leadership at the

beneficiary school • School assembly, book drive and book

collection

• Fundraising and relationship-building with local sponsors

• Design and development of a reading room • Workshops and activities to promote reading

among students

• Students created a presentation and video to share the results of their project

Results: • 300+ books collected, including fiction and

non-fiction in a range of languages

• Creation of a new reading room

• A fund to decorate and furnish the room

Next Steps: The Mission Possible Agents of Change are planning a year-long exchange program and co-curricular calendar so that students and teachers from the two schools will continue to interact closely.