Saudi Gazette report RIYADH — A young Saudi woman has established a bank to lend books and games on a trial basis for 30 days before turning it into a permanent project, a local daily reported. Tala Abdulrahman, the project initiator who lends a great deal of her time to charitable causes, said during one month she was able to collect 150 various games and more than 100 books. "The idea of the bank is to reuse books and games by donating them to the poor and needy children," she told Al-Eqtisadiah newspaper. She said when children see older people donating books and games to her bank, they will follow their example and learn the meaning of giving and helping others. Tala expects more children to donate books and games to her bank when they see pictures and read news stories of other children while delivering their donations. She said the first phase of her project will involve donation campaigns in a number of malls and shopping centers. "We will later establish small libraries in public places, schools and universities where readers can borrow books and games," she said while adding that charity does not only mean giving financial donations but it has many other faces. "Instead of dumping books and games in the garbage, people can donate them to the bank where needy children can make use of them," she said. "We want to make giving part of our culture."
