1400 Books

Dearest blog readers, today I am posting something interesting and exciting for everyone to do, especially the book worms that have the desire to share some of their books with others in need.

Recently I have found about a very thoughtful initiative by some youth to help the IDPs in sharyar camp in Kurdistan region. This initiative is called “1400 books”. It is carried out by a group of thoughtful, active and energetic students who went through an exchange program in the US of America for 4 weeks. To be part of an exchange program and to be taught how to implement successful projects in the society is a step toward a bright future for the youth and the country.

Many programs such as ILEP, MEPI, and SUSI are the cause of bringing out productive capacities of youth to the light. Its essential to mention that these exchange programs are really important and useful as they widen the horizon of the youth and push them toward social activities to build a health and productive society. i have also been one of those youth and got the chance to become a "MEPI" girl. those programs focus on leadership programs and bringing out the best inside the youth,.pushing them to work and implement project when they go back to their homeland. Many of the youth implement successful projects and activities and one of these activities which attracted my attention was the "1400 Books" maybe because i am a book worm or maybe because it was a new idea to be implemented in the country. 

The youth who took this initiative are alumnus of “ILEP” program. According to the founder of this project (Thames alyas) if:

99 IYLEPers could donate 2 Books then there will be  (198) ‪Books

and if 99 IYLEPers asked 2 Friends to donate books there will be (198) Friends

and if those (198) Friends donated 2 Books each, there will be (396) Books, therefore the equation is:

99 IYLEPers X 2 Friends of Friends = (396) Friends of Friends

(396) Friends of Friends X 2 Books = (792) Books

So now we have 198+396+792= 1386 Books

and by adding 14 more books  the total becomes 1400 Books.

photo: Google 

If you are a book lover and you have some to donate then do not hesitate to contact them and help those who are in need to books you keeping on your shelf. To give you an idea, most of the people in the camps have lots of free time and they need some activities and something interesting to fill them their time. They are not like regularly people who can access internet at any time and go out anywhere they want. Therefore, giving them a book from your collection will be a great input in helping them and putting a smile on their face.  If you are interested in donating a book contact me to put you in touch with the focal points. This campaign will continue until 15^th of September therefore hurry up and check your collection to choose a book and make someone smile.

Note, religious books are not accepted.

Yala, we all have at least a book to donate.