Book bucket challenge
The Book Bucket Challenge is a variant of the Ice Bucket Challenge with an Indian origin. It went viral on social media during August–September 2014.[1][2] The original Ice Bucket Challenge involved participants pouring a bucket of ice over their head or donating money to the ALS Association.The Book Bucket Challenge involves people to share the names of 10 books that inspired them on their social networking pages or donating books to the needy and sharing those photos with friends in social networking sites.
Significance
As an alternative to the Ice Bucket Challenge, the Book Bucket Challenge served the dual purpose of highlighting water scarcity and spreading the usefulness and joy of reading.The book bucket challenge focus on creating awareness of how important literacy is and the worth of reading books.[3]
Rules
Anyone can participate in this challenge by simply listing the names of 10 books that inspired them on their social networking page and challenging others to list out their priorities. The program also involves donating books to a nearby library or to the needy and uploading photos of all these on social networking pages and challenging others to do the same.
History
The Book Bucket Challenge started off by One Library Per Village (OLPV), an NGO based in Kerala working towards promoting Digital Literacy in villages.[4] OLPV believes that the book challenge will ultimately lead to more number of books in the hands of needy, thereby creating a positive social impact.The Book Bucket Challenge by now has already spread to other nations, like Canada,[5] Vietnam[6] and Bangladesh.[7]
In September 2014 Facebook data centre had announced the top 100 books from #BookBucketChallenge by analyzing 130,000 status updates.[8] Cimage Management college, Patna also organized a book bucket challenge function at their college and donated books to underprivileged village kids.
References
- ↑ Express News Service (2014-09-11). "Book Bucket Challenge Popular on Social media". The Indian Express.
- ↑ "Book Bucket, the latest fad among city slickers". The Times of India. 2014-09-06.
- ↑ Nandini Sharma (2014-09-02). "What the Book Bucket Challenge Is All About". The Business Insider India.
- ↑ "One Library Per Village".
- ↑ Deborah Dundas (2014-09-15). Canada "Move over, ice bucket challenge for the book bucket" Check
|url=value (help). Toronto Star. - ↑ "Book Bucket Challenge reaches Vietnam". Vietnam Breaking News.
- ↑ "The Book Bucket Challenge". The Daily Star. 2014-09-25.
- ↑ Team Inc42 (2014-09-11). "The Top 100 Books From the #BookBucketChallenge on Facebook". Inc42.