the library project
What is the library project?
The Library Project is an initiative started by Toolbox to open 100 libraries in disadvantaged institutions, such as schools or orphanages, in India. So far, Toolbox has raised $14,613 out of our $50,000 goal and has opened twelve libraries with this funding with the help of Mr. Rakesh Nikhaj, the Deputy Commandant of CISF who is based in India. However, we still need your help to make this goal a reality.
what can I do to help?
We ask all of you to donate towards this initiative and help us provide education to disadvantaged youth in India. Toolbox is also offering the opportunity to sponsor libraries. Please donate today to @ourtoolbox on PayPal or Venmo or to our email on Zelle!
what have we accomplished so far?
money raised: $14,613 out of $50,000
libraries opened: 13 out of 100
Pictures from the opening of Toolbox's first Library on Wheels in a small school for children in slum areas in India. (December 2021)
Pictures from the second library opening in an intercollege in Divyapur, India. Many of the books in this library were for competitive exams, such as the civil services benchmark. (December 2022)
Pictures from our third library opening on June 24, 2023. This library was opened in a government inter-college in Telangana, India. Furthermore, it has been stocked with over 150 books to help prepare the students for various competitive exams, such as India's medical and engineering exams.
Toolbox opened its fourth library on August 26, 2023 in Sonpur, Bihar. This library is stocked with over 400 competitive exam books. Furthermore, this event was one of our most successful so far, with over 500 people in the audience!
Our fifth library was opened on September 11, 2023 at the Mahatma Gandhi Government School in Jaipur. This library is stocked with over 250 books, with a majority being competitive exam books.
Toolbox's sixth library was opened on November 21, 2023 at the small village, Pachawar, in the Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh. This library is in the Kailsahi Devi Agrawal Intercollege and is stocked with over 400 books on topics ranging from engineering to English, along with preparatory books for competitive exams.
Toolbox opened its seventh library on December 16, 2023 at the Government Boys Higher Secondary School in Gandhi Nagar, Jammu. This library has been stocked with over 400 books, which will be used by students from 9th to 12th grade.
Toolbox opened its eighth library on March 3, 2024 in the Kaniyan village of the Shamli district of Uttar Pradesh. This library is stocked with books of multiple genres, including preparatory exam guides, self-help books, mythology, science, and both fiction and non-fiction best sellers.
On April 8, 2024, Toolbox opened three libraries with the assistance of author and social activist Anant Gangola, who helped us identify three schools in remote parts of India, specifically the villages of Neelgarh, Dhundhwani, and Bari. The students in these schools are all of a young age, and through our libaries, Toolbox provided them with books, sports equipment, and musical instruments to enable them to purse their passions.
Toolbox opened its 12th library on July 2, 2024 in Ganaur, India at the Government Model Sanskriti Senior Secondary School. The school has students from the first to twelfth grade. Furthermore, the library was stocked with over 300 books, including competitive examination guides and international novels
On October 14, 2024, Toolbox opened its 13th library at the Government Girls College in Kota, Rajasthan. The school houses students studying subjects such as political science, history, geography, Urdu literature, and Hindi literature. Furthermore, the library is stocked with competitive exam books, primarily covering the Central Armed Police Forces and State Police exams.