While their friends are attending summer camps or holidaying, a group of children from Vidya Mandir School in Mylapore are busy collecting books with the objective of selling them and raising funds for an institution working for the underprivileged. The children plan to sell these books at a discount, at various venues.
Seven children, who are in the age group of seven to 13 years, are doing this as a summer project, which they have named ‘Mission Compassion’.
With the money collected through the sale of these books, they will be offering the gift of education to underprivileged children.
The team consists of Vedanth, Nanditha, Nithya, Mallika, Swayam, Mridula and Tasmai, who have collected 200 books that cover various genres.
Recently, the children set up a stall at Nageshwara Rao Park. From those waiting to take an autorickshaw to those taking a walk at the park, the children approached almost anyone who crossed their paths, to sell the books.
Most of the books were collected from friends and neighbours. They are sold at Rs. 100 each.
The children, who are being guided by their parents, are thrilled about the response the book sales has generated.
The book stall at Nageshwara Rao park registered a sale of around 150 books and ₹6,500 was raised.
They are now working on amassing another collection of books, which they would sell to raise more funds for the institution.
In the coming weeks, the children will organise a sale at Carfree Sunday at Besant Nagar and at a few office complexes.
