We are extremely excited to announce that Thrift Books has just donated 1 million books to the Nargis Library Recovery project! This is an amazing and humbling commitment beyond our wildest dreams when we launched NLR just a few months ago. This gives us book supply for about 20 container shipments to fill libraries destroyed by the Nargis cyclone in Myanmar!
Here is an excerpt from an email from Hector Rivas, CEO of Thrift Books:
My company, Thrift Books, has decided to support the Nargis Library Recovery Project. We are committing up to 1 million books to this foundation. In my recent meeting with the project directors, Drs. John Badgley and Thant Thaw Kaung, we discussed the background of the project and what it seeks to achieve this year and next. I am drawn to this effort because of the tragedy inflicted on the Burmese people by the cyclone last May, and also by the imaginative way Burmese and Americans have stepped forward to bring relief to libraries, a vital part of any knowledge-based society.
I would like other corporate donors to join my company in this worthy effort…. If other businesses invested in the region might join Thrift Books in this effort, I would welcome their commitment. Time is urgent in view of the massive destruction caused last year, and the oncoming monsoon arriving in May, so your support on this matter is appreciated.
Cordially,
HECTOR RIVAS
CEO Thriftbooks.com
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