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# :) Happy Children's Library

Making children happy, one book at a time

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- [Update from Happy Children’s Library    - 30 June 2026](https://happychildrenslibrary.org/update-from-happy-childrens-library-30-june-2026/) - Greetings from Seem on the occasion of our 10th Birthday. We reached double digits on 1st June and wish to thank you all for the encouragement and support you have given us throughout this eventful journey. The busy summer months have flown by with a host of workshops, activities, visits and great news and there
- [Update from Happy Children’s Library    - 31 March 2026](https://happychildrenslibrary.org/update-from-happy-childrens-library-31-march-2026/) - Hello friends and welcome to our long overdue newsletter! Unfortunately, we went into hibernation during the winter months and were unable to keep you all updated. We’re back and all set for a very fruitful and fulfilling summer considering that HCL will be completing 10years on 01 June 2026. Activities during the quarter HCL on
- [Update from Happy Children’s Library    - 30 Sept 2025](https://happychildrenslibrary.org/update-from-happy-childrens-library-30-sept-2025/) - Hello friends and welcome to another edition of our newsletter! The quarter was rather quiet, due to the extended rainfall this year, but exciting events have continued nonetheless: Activities during the quarter Learning math from nature Tuitions, Yoga & Taekwondo – These continued throughout the quarter but with major disruptions because of the incessant rainfall this
- [Update from Happy Children’s Library    - 30 June 2025](https://happychildrenslibrary.org/update-from-happy-childrens-library-30-june-2025/) - Greetings friends and warm wishes from HCL as we enter our 10th year. The quarter has been a busy one with lots of activities and events - so here goes: Activities during the quarter Annual Board Results – all the 7 students from the library, who appeared for the board examinations have successfully passed, with
- [Update from Happy Children’s Library    - 31 March 2025](https://happychildrenslibrary.org/update-from-happy-childrens-library-31-march-2025/) - Greetings friends and welcome to the busy season for the library! As things start warming up here’s a roundup of the last quarter at Seem- Activities during the quarter Akanksha & Mahi at Banasthali Tuitions – Even though there was very little available time and attendance, tuitions have continued for all the groups during the
- [Update from Happy Children’s Library    - 31 December 2024](https://happychildrenslibrary.org/update-from-happy-childrens-library-31-december-2024/) - Greetings of the season to all our friends from the children of Seem. We’re a bit delayed this time so please don’t mind, but here’s a roundup of the last quarter at Happy Children’s Library- Activities during the quarter Tuitions – have continued throughout this period. The seniors come at 7:15 AM before going to
- [Update from Happy Children’s Library    -  30 September 2024](https://happychildrenslibrary.org/update-from-happy-childrens-library-30-september-2024/) - Hello friends – here’s another update of all that’s happening at Seem these past few months: Higher education & training Mahi & Akanksha joined the BA (Hons) programme at Banasthali Vidyapith on 03 July. They have adjusted very well and are participating in various activities including music, dance & taekwondo. At Banasthali Vidyapith Gaurav joined
- [Update from Happy Children’s Library    -  30 June 2024](https://happychildrenslibrary.org/update-from-happy-childrens-library-30-june-2024/) - Hello friends - Greetings from Seem with another newsletter detailing a lot of activities, visitors, workshops and of course, the much awaited, annual day function. So, without wasting too much time, here goes: but first, the good news!! Board Results – all four students from the library, three from Seem and one from Nauna passed
- [Update from Happy Children’s Library    -   31 March 2024](https://happychildrenslibrary.org/update-from-happy-childrens-library-31-march-2024/) - Hello friends - Greetings from all of us here at Happy Children’s Library, Seem. The summer months have started and the now the more exciting six months are ahead of us – so a number of interesting programmes are proposed for the coming days. Here’s a brief of what’s been happening at Seem since December:
- [Update from Happy Children’s Library    -   31 December  2023](https://happychildrenslibrary.org/update-from-happy-childrens-library-31-december-2023/) - Hello friends - Here’s wishing you a very HAPPY 2024 from all of us at Happy Children’s Library, Seem. Except for a flurry of activities in October, the last quarter of the year has been rather quiet due to the changed school timings and the reduced daylight hours. However, here’s a brief of what’s been
- [Update from Happy Children’s Library - 30 Sept  2023 ](https://happychildrenslibrary.org/update-from-happy-childrens-library-30-sept-2023/) - Hello friends - Greetings of the coming festive season from the children of HCL! Fortunately for us the monsoons this year were not too bad – we did have a few rainy days’ break though. Now with the onset of the winter, library timings will reduce substantially, but a fair number of events are planned.
- [Year-end update from Happy Children's Library -  31 Dec 2022](https://happychildrenslibrary.org/year-end-update-from-happy-childrens-library-31-dec-2022/) - Hi friends - Greetings of the season from HCL ! We start this newsletter with the good news that Abhilasha, a young lady who has been a very active member of the library since her 7th standard, has secured admission to the 4 Yr. BSc. Nursing course starting 2022 at PAL College of Nursing &
- [Update from Happy Children’s Library-30 June  2023](https://happychildrenslibrary.org/update-from-happy-childrens-library-30-june-2023/) - Hello friends - Greetings from the children of HCL! and please accept our sincere apologies for having missed the 31 March update, mainly because the back-to-back activities these past few months kept us on our toes. We celebrated our 7th birthday on June 1st – so please wish us the best and then get set
- [Lockdown update from Happy Children's Library - 30 June 2020](https://happychildrenslibrary.org/lockdown-update-from-happy-childrens-library-30-june-2020/) - Dear Readers , We regret that this update has been a bit delayed - the lockdown has possibly caught up with us as well! However, thanks to this delay, here is some GOOD NEWS that has just come in! The results of the Uttarakhand Board were declared on 29th July, 2020. Of the 10 children
- [Update from Happy Children’s Library - 30 September 2020](https://happychildrenslibrary.org/update-from-happy-childrens-library-30-september-2020/) - Hello Friends! Here’s the latest from HCL – as the lockdown restrictions have eased, we have been able to very cautiously resume some of our activities, with all the precautions. This quarter, we have been engaged in educating the children about hygiene, social distancing and use of protective measures. This quarter has also been about
- [End of Year Update from Happy Children’s Library - December 2020](https://happychildrenslibrary.org/end-of-year-update-from-happy-childrens-library-december-2020/) - Hello friends! We are back with our quarterly update on what’s been happening at Seem. TUITION CLASSES The tuition classes continued in earnest with almost 100% attendance every day! This has been very heartening. Since schools have been closed since the beginning of the pandemic, the children have been able to make up with these
- [Update from Happy Children’s Library - 31st March 2021](https://happychildrenslibrary.org/update-from-happy-childrens-library-31st-march-2021/) - Hello friends, greetings from Seem! After hibernating through the cold winter months, Happy Children's Library sprung to a spurt of activities in March. So here’s the latest from us! Construction of Vocational-cum-Training Centre and Resource Room In order to have space to accommodate the Self Help Group for their stitching work and to have a
- [Update from Happy Children’s Library - 30th June 2021](https://happychildrenslibrary.org/update-from-happy-childrens-library-30th-june-2021/) - Hello friends! We are back with the updates of this quarter’s activities in Seem. Interaction of staff & students of msw programme The staff and students of Masters of Social Work visited the library as part of their exposure to understand working at the grassroots level. They interacted with Jaya to understand the setup of
- [Update from Happy Children’s Library - 30th september 2021](https://happychildrenslibrary.org/update-from-happy-childrens-library-30th-september-2021/) - Hello friends! We are back with the update of this quarter’s activities in Seem. With the easing of the pandemic restrictions and with improving conditions, the library saw a cautious increase in the involvement with the children. Tuitions and computer Classes With no news regarding the start of schools, the library continued to be a
- [Update from Happy Children’s Library ending- 31 Dec 2021](https://happychildrenslibrary.org/update-from-happy-childrens-library-ending-31-dec-2021/) - Hello friends! Here’s wishing you all a very Happy New Year and also bringing you all the latest updates up from Seem. With the pandemic situation improving, there was a cautious increase in the involvement of the children. However, the onset of winter and the calamitous rainfall on 18th October acted as a dampener. Some
- [Update from Happy Children's Library- 31 March 2022](https://happychildrenslibrary.org/update-from-happy-childrens-library-31-march-2022/) - Hello friends!! Here’s the latest from Seem Life is returning to normal with schools having re-started and examinations scheduled - so the library activities are being planned around the school timings. The younger kids, who have gone to class 4 have now very proudly started flocking the library, be it for tuitions or the library/activity sessions,
- [Update from Happy Children's Library - 30th June 2022](https://happychildrenslibrary.org/update-from-happy-childrens-library-30th-june-2022/) - Hi friends - we’ve turned SIX this 1st June and thanks to all the good wishes and support from people like you, what an exhilarating experience it’s been. What started of with 35 kids and 17 books now caters to more than 120 children and has more than 1500 books, toys & games! The summer
- [Update from Happy Children’s Library-30 Sept  2022](https://happychildrenslibrary.org/update-from-happy-childrens-library-30-sept-2022/) - Hi friends - Greetings from Seem ! Despite the disruptions due to the rains and roadblocks, the past few months were filled with a varied range of activities apart from the regular library & activity sessions and tuitions being held for 5 days a week. So here are some details of what’s been happening at
- [Making it fun to learn and grow](https://happychildrenslibrary.org/making-it-fun-to-learn-and-grow/) - On 10th April 2018, the children of Happy Children's Library went out on a field day. More than 60 children came together for a day full of adventure sports, team building activities and lots of learning - thanks to the great team of Camp Purple, who made sure the children had fun while learning through
- [The Journey Begins](https://happychildrenslibrary.org/the-journey-begins/) - Located in the premises of the house of the promoters in village Seem, Happy Children's Library is a lively and vibrant space the children feel is their own. Every evening from Monday to Saturday, it becomes a “MySpace” for not just the children of Seem, but also to kids from four surrounding villages - Dhon,
- [Math and English tuitions](https://happychildrenslibrary.org/math-and-english-tuitions/) - We reached out to the parents of the kids visiting the library, and based on their suggestions decided to offer tuitions in Math and English three days a week. These tuitions have been organised since August 2016, and children from classes 4th to 10th attend in separate two groups. While Mr Kripal Bisht, a private
- [Computer Literacy Classes](https://happychildrenslibrary.org/computer-literacy-classes/) - In September 2017, we were lucky to get assistance from the Metores Trust, New Delhi, for setting up a computer lab with a set of 4 computers and a server laptop. So now, the activities in the library extend to imparting computer literacy as well! Because of the introduction of computers, the library - which
- [A visit to the B2R centre in Simalkhan!](https://happychildrenslibrary.org/a-visit-to-the-b2r-centre-in-simalkhan/) - B2R is a rural BPO that operates out of 5 centres in the districts of Nainital and Almora in Uttarakhand and employs about 350 young local men and women. Members of the B2R team based at Simalkhan (10 km from Seem) had interacted with the older children earlier in September and told them about their
- [Happy new year from Happy Children's Library, and some good news!](https://happychildrenslibrary.org/happy-new-year-from-happy-childrens-library-and-some-good-news/) - What a way to start 2019 - with a brand new library space for the happy children of Happy Children's Library! Thanks to all your support, the library extension is now complete. Finally, after 2 whole months and a whole lot of waiting, the library was thrown open to the children on 13th December. While new cupboards
- [The month at Seem - February 2019](https://happychildrenslibrary.org/the-month-at-seem-february-2019/) - Happy Valentine's Day from the happy children of Happy Children's Library! And with our love come some updates for the month. Math and English classes 2019 began in earnest as a sunny new year with sessions in the sun -- tuitions in Maths and English on a regular basis. Over the school winter break, 50-52
- [Latest update from Happy Children’s Library!](https://happychildrenslibrary.org/latest-update-from-happy-childrens-library/) - Library Outreach On our request and recommendations, Angelique Foundation supplied books and library racks for 2 schools and 3 community libraries this January. The libraries are to be housed and operated by a village volunteer out of their homes or in the closest government school in villages around Seem, from where children may find it
- [Summer update! 30th June 2019](https://happychildrenslibrary.org/summer-update-30th-june-2019/) - Phew !! Quite a busy three months it has been - and such excitement! This year, we invited quite a few resource people to volunteer at the library during the summer, taking advantage of more daylight hours and more free time over the summer vacations. Happily, a few people responded positively and schedules worked out
- [Quarterly update from Happy Children's Library! 1st October 2019](https://happychildrenslibrary.org/quarterly-update-from-happy-childrens-library-1st-october-2019/) - A warm welcome to all our readers and well-wishers! While this quarter has not been as hectic as the previous one, a lot sure has happened. TheBetterIndia recently wrote about Happy Children's Library, and it is heartening to see our work being recognised! Read this coverage: How a Couple Ignited a Literary Revolution In a
- [End of year update - 31st December 2019](https://happychildrenslibrary.org/end-of-year-update-31st-december-2019/) - Along with winter come two things - school starts later than usual, and we have daylight for fewer hours! Because of this, attendance in the library has been low and so has the number of activities we conducted this quarter. It was still a mix of exciting experiences for both learning and fun! We had
- [Quarterly update! 31st March 2020](https://happychildrenslibrary.org/coaching-for-classes-9th-to-12th-2nd-to-14th-january/) - Coaching for classes 9 to 12 [2nd to 14th January] The winter holidays started from 31st December last year and we were fortunate to get the support of Deepak Pant from Guruji Uttarakhandi, a group of teachers and educationalists based in Haldwani who conduct online coaching classes targeted towards the youth of Uttarakhand. We had

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- [Home](https://happychildrenslibrary.org/) - Happy Children's Library Happy Children’s Library is much more than just a library. Located in village Seem of Nainital district in Uttarakhand, Happy Children’s Library is a lively and vibrant space not just for the children of Seem, but also for kids from the surrounding villages of Dhon, Byasi, Siltona and Jogyari. Over the years,
- [Contribute](https://happychildrenslibrary.org/contribute/) - You can support us and contribute to our efforts in any of the ways mentioned hereunder. Please contact Jaya: jayas1003@gmail.com or Atul: atuls1003@gmail.com for details. Volunteer We welcome volunteers for a minimum period of two weeks to work with the children anytime from March to October. To volunteer please contact Jaya. Donate In kind by
- [About us](https://happychildrenslibrary.org/about/) - OUR STORY The Founders Jaya & Atul, a retired couple started this initiative from a dedicated space on the premises of their residence in village Seem, about 40 kms from Nainital in the Uttarakhand hills. Jaya, a homemaker, has volunteered with the social sector since 1995, having worked with children in institutions dealing with cancer care,
- [In Press](https://happychildrenslibrary.org/in-press/) - Media mentions of Happy Children's Library online and in print. Online A library in the hills, an emerging future On Nature's Duty A short documentary on Happy Children's Library and activities Uttaranchal Deep A social media platform that puts up positive stories about various initiatives in the hills covered Happy Children's Library in Feb/March. Their
- [Activities](https://happychildrenslibrary.org/activities/) - Tuitions On the request of the parents, tuitions in Math and English were started in August 2016. Since Jan 2019 Vijay has also joined to take Science and Math for children from Class 9 – 12. During the lockdown, the library became an educational hub catering to the needs of online and in person education
- [Annual Reports](https://happychildrenslibrary.org/annual-reports/) - Coming soon!
- [Contact us](https://happychildrenslibrary.org/contact/) - Visit Us Kailash Pushp Educational Trust,Village Seem,P.O. Dhaniyakote (near Garampani),District Nainital,UttarakhandPin: 263 135 +91 99258 47713 / +91 96876 06713 Write to Us Email1 & Email2 Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form. Name * First Last Email * Comment or Message
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