Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 26: Kalamkari Centre Society (KCS) Mobile Library was inaugurated by Director IIT Jammu, Dr Manoj Singh Gaur along with KCS’s patron, Purnima Chaudhari, here today.
Books, dictionaries and art material were provided to children of Panjgrain village under Anant Gram-an outreach pilot initiative which was initiated by the KCS in the year of 2021.
The Society was founded by Purnima and Umang Sagar Chaudhri in 1983 to provide opportunities for alternate education, design, vocational and entrepreneurial training for the women in J&K. They successfully ran the KCS College for Education besides working closely with rural women and the community artisans over the many years.
Natasha Chaudhri with her team is working towards continuing the community development work in the villages amongst women and children. “Entrepreneurial training for rural women and artisans have been provided under the project ‘Udhyog Shala’, whereas health, wellness, equal and fair education for village children have been provided under ‘Vidya Shala’.”
Realising the lack of availability of books especially during the pandemic, the KCS set up the J&K’s first popup mobile library which will make e educational, recreational books and toys available to the young children and students.
The mobile library will also be used to bring puppet shows and storytelling workshops in the village. The Society has curetted a learning centre for young students wherein most of them were first learners where they get support classes, specialised art workshops, sport/yoga lessons.
Post pilot initiative in Panjgrain village, the KCS will work closely with other organisations to make books easily accessible to as many children as possible, said Purnima Chaudhri.
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