Pratham Books Champion : PraveenLata Sansthan

Praveen Lata Sansthan sent us the following note and pictures. PraveenLataSansthan is a Jaipur based Non-Governmental Organization. The Primary focus of PLS is on the problems of the poor in their struggle to obtain a life of justice and dignity & Environment stabilization, food security and empowerment of the community for self-governance. Primary areas of concerns are to work for Child Welfare, Women Empowerment & Rural Development.

Session conducted on : 7th, 16th and 17th September
Number of kids : 75 + 200 + 550 = 825
Number of sessions : 1 + 1 + 2 = 4
Language the session was conducted in : Hindi

Through Balsabha Inititaive of PraveenLata Sansthan 3 Day Story Telling session was organized at A.K Public School, Sarawati Day Care Center & PraveenLata Sansthan with support of Pratham Books Initiative Story Telling for Change. More than 800 Children were part of this activity. Storytelling gave a different form this time where students shared it in form of skits & delivered with unbelievable dialogues. Also this helped to improve reading habits.

This was highly appreciated by Newspapers also

Balsabha : Initiative of Praveenlata Sansthan Group activities organized for children in Slums/Communities/Schools for development of Children 

1. Aim of the activities are to identify the Underpriviledge Children

2.Aim to identify their Needs and Talent

3. Provide each child a platform for children to Grow,Learn & Develop 

4. Bring Back drop outs to schools

Sessions conducted in Jaipur :

PraveenLata Sansthan Beneficiaries : 7th September 2014 : 75

A K Public School : 16th Septemebr 2014 : 200 

Saraswati Day Care Center : 17th September 2014 : 550 (2 sessions)

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Thank you PraveenLata Sansthan for spreading the joy of reading!

In its third edition of the 'One Day - One Story' campaign, Pratham Books was joined by 1300+ storytellers who conducted 1500+ storytelling sessions. More than a 1000 steps towards a 'Reading India'!

What started as a small step by Pratham Books to spread the joy of reading has become a movement. In 2012, Pratham Books initiated the One Day-One Story initiative on the occasion of International Literacy Day . We will be sharing the stories of all our volunteer storytellers (Pratham Books Champions) through our blog.

View more pictures from the International Literacy Day Celebrations held in 2014.

This blog contains stories sent in by all our champions. Browse through the blog for more stories. You can also go through the tags on the right side of the blog to find stories happening in your own city.

Note : If you want to be a Pratham Books Champion and join us on our journey of getting 'a book in every child's hand', write to us at champions(at)prathambooks(dot)org.

Pratham Books Champion : GEMS Gurukul International School

Dr. Peyush Gupta, Principal, GEMS Gurukul International School,Nawalgarh, Rajasthan sent us the following note about the storytelling session conducted in their school on 7th September.

Our today's session was very exciting and all our team members are really grateful to you for organising such a beautiful activity for our children.Almost 200 students and 6 teachers were occupied in such a great event. Having such activities on Literacy Day makes lot of sence. Our staff was so excited that they were involved in preparing for this activity even on teacher's day. Our students and staff all enjoyed the story and learnt a lesson from a Paplu the Giant that power is to serve the society and not to disturb.

We are very thankful to you and your team for arranging books and other material in time.

At last but not least, Thanks to all Pratham Books Team.

Thank you GEMS Gurukul International School for spreading the joy of reading!

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This International Literacy Day, Pratham Books has taken a 1000 steps towards a 'Reading India'

What started as a small step by Pratham Books to spread the joy of reading has become a movement. Last year Pratham Books initiated the One Day-One Story initiative on the occasion of International Literacy Day and we conducted over 250 storytelling sessions. This year we are delighted that over a 1000 sessions are happening across the length and breadth of the country.We will be sharing the stories of all our champions through our blog.

View more pictures from the International Literacy Day Celebrations.

This blog contains stories sent in by all our champions. Browse through the blog for more stories. You can also go through the tags on the right side of the blog to find stories happening in your own city.

Note : If any of you want to be a Pratham Books Champion and join us on our journey of getting 'a book in every child's hand', write to us at web(at)prathambooks(dot)org.

Pratham Books Champion : Shilpa Garg

Shilpa Garg writes about her storytelling session on her blog. A former pharmaceutical professional-turned-soft-skills facilitator for corporates, Shilpa Garg blogs at A rose is a rose is a rose!

I came to know about Pratham Books when I participated in the IndiBlogger contest in July this year. Pratham Books is a non-profit trust that publishes high quality books for children at affordable prices and in multiple Indian languages. Pratham Books
’ dream, to see “A book in every child’s hand”, resonates with me.

When I read about Pratham Books’ Champions program where volunteers are encouraged to conduct reading sessions, I knew I had to be a part of this initiative. The idea was to take 1 book, 1 story to as many children possible on a single day throughout the country. For this initiative, more than 600+ Champions registered to conduct 1000+ storytelling sessions to celebrate International Literacy Day.

I registered for this program and soon I received mails sharing the guidelines and suggestions along with ebooks, and a courier containing the books and a banner.

I met the Principal of Indo Bharat International School, which is located near my home. I shared the program’s concept and design with her and she readily agreed.

With a spring in my step, I reached the school to share the story of Paplu, the Giant, with the kids. I was greeted by equally excited some 60 children from class Nursery to Class III.

I narrated the story of ‘Paplu, the Giant’ (written by Ramendra Kumar and illustrated by Zainab Tambawalla), in Hindi. It is a delightful story about a little giant who did not like to fight with anyone!

The children listened to the story with rapt attention and were a perfect audience. I loved the way they responded in a chorus and in a sing song manner to every question of mine. Their enthusiastic ‘Good Morning Ma’am’ made my day.

To see, if they were following the story, I asked them questions and they had all the answers.

There is a magic verse in the story, “Main tumhe uchalu, main tumhe pakar loon, bhoolna na tum mera jadoo” (I’ll throw you up, I’ll catch you quick. Don’t forget my magic trick). I made the kids repeat this verse and they simply loved saying it aloud. This little one raised his hand and said, “I would like to repeat the magic words on my own”. His recitation received a big applause from all the students and the teachers.

The pictures below share the rest of the story…

Story telling in action…

Looks like the teachers enjoyed the story too…

Showing them Paplu’s new dress.

Listening with rapt attention.

With the teachers at the end of the session.

Reading aloud to friends.

We love reading too!

This story telling session is a step towards sharing the joy of reading. Story sharing is a key activity and a crucial component of a child’s development into a mature reader. We should strive to encourage children to read because they ‘want’ to, not because they ‘have’ to, thus creating the beginning of a life-long love of books. And as parents and teachers we have a big role in helping them fall in love with the world of books.

Thank you Pratham Books, I am glad to be a part of this journey of spreading the joy of reading!

Thank you Shilpa for spreading the joy of reading!

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This International Literacy Day, Pratham Books has taken a 1000 steps towards a 'Reading India'

What started as a small step by Pratham Books to spread the joy of reading has become a movement. Last year Pratham Books initiated the One Day-One Story initiative on the occasion of International Literacy Day and we conducted over 250 storytelling sessions. This year we are delighted that over a 1000 sessions are happening across the length and breadth of the country.We will be sharing the stories of all our champions through our blog.

View more pictures from the International Literacy Day Celebrations.

This blog contains stories sent in by all our champions. Browse through the blog for more stories. You can also go through the tags on the right side of the blog to find stories happening in your own city.

Note : If any of you want to be a Pratham Books Champion and join us on our journey of getting 'a book in every child's hand', write to us at web(at)prathambooks(dot)org.

Pratham Books Champion : Praveen Lata Sansthan

This International Literacy Day, Pratham Books has taken a 1000 steps towards a 'Reading India'

What started as a small step by Pratham Books to spread the joy of reading has become a movement. Last year Pratham Books initiated the One Day-One Story initiative on the occasion of International Literacy Day and we conducted over 250 storytelling sessions. This year we are delighted that over a 1000 sessions are happening across the length and breadth of the country.We will be sharing the stories of all our champions through our blog.

Praveen Lata Sansthan sent us the following note and pictures. PraveenLataSansthan is a Jaipur based Non-Governmental Organization. The Primary focus of PLS is on the problems of the poor in their struggle to obtain a life of justice and dignity & Environment stabilization, food security and empowerment of the community for self-governance. Primary areas of concerns are to work for Child Welfare, Women Empowerment & Rural Development.

Inititally when we opted for opting for story telling session we felt we will conduct 2 sessions and we will be able to touch only 50 children. 

But we aimed to touch as many as possible. Than we planned to take it through Bal Sabha which we organize in communities and schools. We spoke to the School authorities and they agreed to it.

We took it to 3 days program (Balsabha) with support of PRatham Books and it was appreciated by School authorities & Newspapers.

Area : Jaipur

School Names : 

1. Jai DUrga Academy 

Sessions conducted : 3 Nos

No of Volunteers :1 PraveenLata Sansthan Board Member + 3 Teachers & 8 Kids

No of participants we touched : + 350 Nos

2. Saraswati Vidhyapeet Sr. Secondary School 

Sessions Conducted : 4 Nos

No of Volunteers ::1 PraveenLata Sansthan Board Member+ 4 Teachers & !5 Kids

No of Participatns we touched : +300 Kids 

3. A K Public School

Session Conducted : 2 Nos

No of Volunteers : 2 (PraveenLata Sansthan Members + 1Volunteer)

No of Participants we touched : 16 Nos

Total No of childrens impacted 666 Nos Approx

Language Used to conduct Sessions : Hindi

Date : 5th September 2013

School Name : Saraswati Senior Secondary Vidhyalaya

No of Participants (2 Sessions, 300+)

Flow of Activity

1. Introduction about World Literacy Day at School

2. 4 teachers were given 4 different story books shared by Pratham Books

3. Teachers prepared the skit as per the stories and presented in a different and interactive way by acting 

4. Childrens were dressed up as per character. 

5. Best Story Telling Team was rewarded by PRaveenLata Sansthan during the Session

Story telling sessions conducted at Jai Durga Academy

No Of Participants : 350 

No of storytelling sessions conducted : 3

It was done in the form of Skits

Thank you Praveen Lata Sansthan for spreading the joy of reading!

View more pictures from the International Literacy Day Celebrations.

This blog contains stories sent in by all our champions. Browse through the blog for more stories. You can also go through the tags on the right side of the blog to find stories happening in your own city.

Note : If any of you want to be a Pratham Books Champion and join us on our journey of getting 'a book in every child's hand', write to us at web(at)prathambooks(dot)org.

Pratham Books Champion : Ekta Mundra

For International Literacy Day (8th September), we had a dream - we wished that 100 people would volunteer to conduct storytelling sessions across the country. We ended up finding more than 250 champions to conduct storytelling sessions across the country. We will be sharing the stories of all our champions through our blog.

The following photo was shared by Ekta Mundra. Ekta conducted her storytelling session in Udaipur on 8th September, 2012.

Thank you Ekta for spreading the joy of reading!

View more pictures from the International Literacy Day Celebrations.

This blog contains stories sent in by all our champions. Browse through the blog for more stories. You can also go through the tags on the right side of the blog to find stories happening in your own city.

Note : If any of you want to be a Pratham Books Champion and join us on our journey of getting 'a book in every child's hand', write to us at web(at)prathambooks(dot)org.