A grant amounting to a total of $1,126,315 has been awarded to 238 school libraries by the Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries. Each school will receive grants up to $5,000 which will be used to support the children education by providing funds to update, extend and diversify the book and print collections of America’s school libraries.
Partnering this year with the Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries was the Target Corporation. Through their programs, Target donates a significant portion of their giving towards educational causes with a focus on helping students achieve reading proficiency.
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Ganesh Natarajan is the Founder and Chairman of 5FWorld, a new platform for funding and developing start-ups, social enterprises and the skills eco-system in India. In the past two decades, he has built two of India’s high-growth software services companies – Aptech and Zensar – almost from scratch to global success.