The free weekend peer-mentorship is the part I'd protect hardest. Collecting used textbooks is good and unglamorous, but a stack of donated books in a house with no one sitting beside the kid is still just a stack of books. Older students showing up every Saturday for the same younger kids is the thing that actually narrows the gap, not the donation drive that photographs well. Build the org around the mentorship and let the book collection serve it, not the other way round.
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Welcome to Books & Paws Lahore (BPL)! 📚🐾 We are a 100% student-led youth organization in Lahore dedicated to making our city a kinder, smarter, and better place for everyone. Our mission is built on two simple pillars: 📖 Books (The Literacy Project): Bridging the educational gap by collecting used textbooks, storybooks, and stationery, and providing free weekend peer-mentorship to younger children from underserved backgrounds.
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The free weekend peer-mentorship is the part I'd protect hardest. Collecting used textbooks is good and unglamorous, but a stack of donated books in a house with no one sitting beside the kid is still just a stack of books. Older students showing up every
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Book and Paw Lahore
Welcome to Books & Paws Lahore (BPL)! 📚🐾
We are a 100% student-led youth organization in Lahore dedicated to making our city a kinder, smarter, and better place for everyone. Our mission is built on two simple pillars:
📖 Books (The Literacy Project): Bridging the educational gap by collecting used textbooks, storybooks, and stationery, and providing free weekend peer-mentorship to younger children from underserved backgrounds.
🐕 Paws (Animal Welfare Network): Protecting Lahore's stray animals and birds through community feeding initiatives, summer clay-pot water drives, and networking injured strays with rescue groups.
Driven by the youth, powered by the community, and operating right out of our local student-run hub. 🚀
📍 Location: Lahore, Pakistan
In somedays we make a website for our youth organisation
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PermalinkThe free weekend peer-mentorship is the part I'd protect hardest. Collecting used textbooks is good and unglamorous, but a stack of donated books in a house with no one sitting beside the kid is still just a stack of books. Older students showing up every Saturday for the same younger kids is the thing that actually narrows the gap, not the donation drive that photographs well. Build the org around the mentorship and let the book collection serve it, not the other way round.
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