Reliance Life Insurance Company (RLIC) has tied up with ‘Room to Read’ to set up libraries across schools in India.
‘Room to Read’ is a global non-profit organisation committed to promoting literacy and gender equality in education by providing libraries in schools.
This partnership aims to set up over 100 libraries in government primary schools and reach out to over 10,000 children across the country through this initiative.
Anup Rau, Chief Executive Officer, Reliance Life Insurance and Unmesh Brahma, Country Director, Room to Read inaugurated the first library under the partnership in Mumbai on November 14 (children’s Day)
“We are delighted to launch our partnership with Room to Read in a bid to empower children with books and knowledge. Education, like insurance, protects the long-term future of the family. Libraries provide children an environment of knowledge and inculcate habits of learning and curiosity amongst the young minds,” said Rau while inaugurating the first library.
Reliance Life Insurance and Room to Read will create and maintain libraries in Municipal Corporation Schools across Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra in the first year of their programme.
The partnership, which is part of Reliance Life Insurance’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) endeavour, will support more schools with such libraries in the following years.
Established in 2003, Room to Read India currently has presence in nine states and has set up more than 6,421 school libraries across India.