Unwanted Books Donation to Schools
Aslam o Alikum and Good day all,
As my personal book library grows, few of old books which I feel hold less utilization based on my changing needs are in my plan to donate to school(s) in Doha.
This promoted that other QL members might be same boat as me, so why not so why not do a QL campaign on consolidated level, and not only we can donate books but also stop these gather dusts in our home.
As part of Qatar Finance Professional Group, which I manage this is invitation to all QL members to be part of this.
Have also spoken to Managers of QL Voluntaries Group and Qatar Living Pakistan Group, who have expressed interest.
Depending upon the response we may pass books to one or more than one school.
Particular useful books will be in categories of IT/Computers, General Management, Leadership, Accounting, Finance, Languages (Arabic, Urdu, English etc) and other General knowledge type.
Please share on this thread your contribution and also feel free to PM me with details.
Over the next few days we will gather the willing member, after which we can arrange collection and distraction to school.
Sharing knowledge is one of the best deed and thank you all.
which books i should carry and run.
happy, most of them belonged to my kids. I have got them addicted to books as well.
irf77, don't hijack your own thread...lol
nomad.me, 300 books! that's awesome! I was only referring to around 10 extra books!
I recently moved here and I had to donate my over 300 books away becasue of their weight. I wish I had them with me.
Nevertheless, All the best for the Great Cause.
what are the other two happy ?
irf77, the bunch of (extra clean) copies I have is back home. I cannot help with this now. On the other hand, you're right, I DO love my books, and don't or rarely loan them, among three things I don't loan..:P
ok to summarize so far
RB73 have come forward with some children books option
only Speed showing his commitment to work with me on weekend
Either people of Doha luv their books way too much to release or don't carry a lot :)
Ok, irf77. Good.
I do not necessary have contacts in Arabic schools but have spoken to at least one Pakistani school, who will happily accept books in English, even Urdu etc. however depending upon type of response and books gathered we can donate where they are best utilized.
irf77, commendable initiative. It's just that I'm trying to figure out what schools would benefit from the specific types of books you mentioned up in your original post?
Happy, this post focus on donations to schools.
Sorry if i confused you.
irf77 , are you suggesting a QL book-swap or donations to schools? Sorry, I'm a bit lost. Would you elaborate please?
Thanks Rb
I guess my son has a lot of comic books on him and he doesn’t mind to spare. These comics might be of interest to young children. I will PM you a list over the weekend for the collection.
Excellent Speed
we will work on this during weekend.
Eco, good idea, i just listed few examples but we should include magazines also, i think it's a great idea.
How about adding property, travel,construction magazines .This will help students to use clipings in the their projects