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During his leisure time, Mahinda Dasanayaka packs his motorbike with books and drives his mobile library to underprivileged children in rural parts of Sri Lanka. Having witnessed the hardships faced by children whose villages have no library facilities, Dasanayaka was looking for ways to help them. Then he got the idea for the library on wheels, which he calls Book and Me. Dasanayaka is a child protection officer for the government and spends his own money on the program. He spends about of his modest income on gas for this mobile library. My only happiness is to see that children read books, and I would be delighted to hear the kids say the books helped them to change their lives.
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