THE BACKDROP
Underprivileged children and youth do not always have a chance to develop a love for reading and get access to creative pursuits. This limits their world of opportunities and possibilities. Access to books is one of the biggest obstacles and the biggest opportunity in equalising children's literacy. Reading will inspire each child to innovate, dream and build their own independent future. Every child deserves to belong, feel loved and have this chance.
THE INITIATIVE
The ACE Book Club (ABC) is a community and a library on wheels. It is a vehicle with about 10000+ books that have been loved by children and donated so that more children can experience the joy of reading. This creates a platform where underprivileged children can have access to a library, foster sharing of ideas with other children and adult volunteers.
ALL FUNDING HAS 80G BENEFITS.
The ACE book club was conceptualised by Avantika Swali, a 14 year old student in Mumbai who also founded an NGO called ACE. ACE is committed to providing equal opportunities to children irrespective of their financial status. Avantika’s dream is to build a happy and safe community for children and to promote a life long love for reading and learning.
PROTOTYPE: MOBILE LIBRARY VAN
COST BREAKUP
ABOUT ME
My name is Advika Nair. I am 14 years old from grade 10 in Bombay Scottish School , Powai. I have always wanted to do something for fellow students and people who have a craving for knowledge, since that is something we can be greedy to know. I had heard and seen on the news that children who did not have enough means to study were suffering a lot. Hence this is the reason I want to take part in this crowd funding campaign, so that I can help the students and children to cultivate the habit of reading. I myself love to read, and get upset when there are not enough books around the house, along with the pandemic limiting my movement beyond the house. But I realized that I am much more privileged to have the amount of books I have. I also wanted to learn more about what crowd funding is, and so all the above reasons led me to sign up for this campaign. I want those children to read, dream and imagine with no boundaries limiting them, just like I do.
THE ROUTE
WORK IN PROGRESS
ABOUT THE NGO
Education is a fundamental right for every child, yet many children don’t have this opportunity. The idea of setting up mobile libraries was conceptualised by Avantika Swali, a 15 year old student in Mumbai to provide equal opportunities to children irrespective of their financial status. ACE is committed to providing the opportunity of a loving education in a holistic environment, so every child has the chance to reach his full inborn potential.
All Care for Everyone (ACE) is a non-profit organisation based in Mumbai born from a passion for equality. Our vision is to provide the opportunity of a loving education in a holistic environment so every child has the chance to reach his full potential. ACE stands for ‘all care for everyone and our goal is to spread as much hope, love, joy and equality as possible. ACE raises money by hosting sales and selling baked goods, T-shirts and jewellery all designed in the organisation itself. ACE partners with the Dharavi school in Mumbai and the Gift a Smile foundation and has sponsored the education of over 500 children to date.
TAX BENEFITS
Funding for this campaign is eligible for tax breaks as All Care for Everyone is a registered NGO & you can avail of benefits under section 80G of the IT act.
FEEDBACK THAT YOU GET
To ensure that there is complete transparency we shall update a report with the details of how the funds were used. The report will be posted 3-4 months after the campaign ends. This will then be posted on the UPDATES section of my campaign. As soon as we post an update, the platform will send an EMAIL alert to all the funders - i.e. to you. That's transparent right?
FAQs
Will we get to know the details of how the funds are used?
Yes. After the money has been collected it will be transferred by Fueladream to All Care for Everyone. It will take from 3 to 4 months after that to get details of fund use. Once I get this information from them I shall upload this on the UPDATES section of this campaign. You will then get an alert & can read details about how the funds were used
When do I get the receipts?
The receipts will start getting processed about 4 to 6 weeks AFTER the campaign is closed and will be sent to you directly.
How can we fund this campaign with a Cheque?
Fueladream Online Ventures Pvt Ltd account details are as below
BANK NAME: HDFC Bank Limited.
BRANCH: Koramangala( Main Branch). City: Bengaluru - 560095.
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 50200013106778
IFSC CODE: HDFC0000053
Please draw a cheque in favour of "Fueladream Online Ventures Pvt Ltd", and deposit the cheque into the Fueladream Online Ventures Pvt Ltd HDFC Bank account (any branch across INDIA). After you deposit the cheque, please send an email to ranga@fueladream.com AND vineeth@fueladream.com with the following funder information.
1) Name of Funder:
2) Full address with Pin code:
3) Telephone/Mobile no and Email ID:
4) PAN of funder:
5) Cheque number:
6) Amount funded:
7) Whose campaign are you funding. (Name of the person OR campaign number/ID):
After the funds are received and the above details are verified, the fund amount will be transferred to the respective campaign. This can take from 1-3 working days.
How does crowdfunding work?
Crowdfunding in India is a relatively new concept & is growing very quickly.
It’s a concept that allows a large number of funders (like you) to fund an idea or a cause or event by giving small amounts of money online. Fueladream.com is a crowdfunding platform in India that allows for such pooling of funds. You can fund innovations & ideas on FuelADream and be the first to get these products or make them come true. You can also do a good turn by funding charities and causes through crowdfunding. When you fund a charity it’s more like a donation & you get small innovative rewards like a shout-out on an FB page or a thank you email from the beneficiaries.
