An 11-year-old’s lockdown project helped government schools get libraries.
What’s it about? Daksh Grover, a class 6 student from DAV Boys School, has raised ₹15,000 by selling origami bookmarks. His interest in origami took off during the lockdown, and he decided to sell them for a good cause. The idea for libraries came from a trip with his father to a school in Vichoor that had a mobile science lab.
- In the past couple of years, he has designed 1,500 origami bookmarks which are sold or exchanged for books at different events. He has already helped to set up a library in a few schools in Manali.
- Last year, Ladies Circle India supported his efforts and donated 800 books in exchange for ad space behind the bookmarks. The Chennai Public School also donated books.
Who said what? Daksh’s mother, Sandhya Grover, said a young reader in London donated 300 of his books. For Daksh, reading is a way to expand knowledge, and he wants school students to have that opportunity. He still hasn’t decided whether he’ll extend the initiative during the summer vacation.