Pratham Books
Organisation purpose / activities
Mission : “A Book in every child’s hand”
We are passionate about building a more inclusive and joyful reading culture in India.
Our innovative solutions are designed to help children in underserved communities get increased access to reading resources.
Initiatives:
– Printing high quality and content books and story cards at an affordable price. www.prathambooks.org
– Donate A Book www.donateabook.org.in
– Storyweaver www.storyweaver.org.in
Impact assessment
Over the past 18 years, we have published over 7000 storybooks for children in 24 Indian languages, set in locations children can recognise, featuring characters with whom they can identify — stories that keep the pages turning and children reading.
In 2015 we set up Donate-a-Book, a unique crowdfunding platform. We have facilitated the donation of joyful multilingual storybooks from Pratham Books to over 10 lakh children across the country.
We also set up StoryWeaver in 2016, a digital platform that provides open access to multilingual storybooks for children to learn and practise reading.
Extent of focus in Bengaluru
Working with many Communities, Schools , NGOs, Institutions and foundations who are working in the children education sector in Bengaluru region.