Real-Life Heroes

Everybody visiting this blog is digitalized. We read anywhere, any time. We let our imagination soar. We discover new ideas. Our minds are opened, and all because we have access to the written word.

There are millions of people in the world who are less fortunate, many of them children. I’d like to highlight a few unique people/libraries striving to make a difference. The people involved are true heroes, as far as I’m concerned.

Maria Keller

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A fourteen-year-old who founded the nonprofit Read Indeed, Maria has distributed over one million books to kids in need. Her current goal is two million books by the time she turns eighteen. Read about her organization here:

 http://www.readindeed.org/home.htm

Library by donkey

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Library by camel

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Garden library

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You can read about these – as well as other – imaginative libraries here: http://litreactor.com/columns/the-10-most-unusual-libraries-in-the-world

I don’t know enough about these organizations to make any recommendations. Rather, I present them as a starting point for your own thought process to take flight. I truly believe that reading is one of the cornerstones for understanding one another, for accepting our differences across cultures, and for making the world a better place to live in. How about you?

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