Who are we and what at are we all about?
Our names are Milan Shah and Maya Patel, founders of MSMPC. We are university students originally from the Tampa Bay Area, and we founded this organization as high schoolers in Fall 2014. As Americans, we have been lucky to have a great education all of our lives. We take pride in what we have learned over the years and we enjoy learning through every stage of our lives. Often times, we forget that education is a privilege because we think that everyone has one.
However, this is often not the situation in many developing nations abroad. By the time children are our age, they are full time workers for their family, many of whom have had to quit school. Those who do attend school have very scarce and outdated materials. Knowing this, we have decided to tackle a large problem: access to books.
Together, we created a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that donates new or gently used books for children all around the world. Since our inception in 2014, however, we have expanded our mission from just access to books to donating all sorts of essentials, including toothbrushes, general medical supplies, financial resources, and our time to charitable causes. We believe that a healthy body and a healthy mind, coupled with ample resources, can give anyone the chance to obtain the power of knowledge, in the way that we have.
MSMPC has made an impact in the Tampa Bay Area in locations such as:
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However, this is often not the situation in many developing nations abroad. By the time children are our age, they are full time workers for their family, many of whom have had to quit school. Those who do attend school have very scarce and outdated materials. Knowing this, we have decided to tackle a large problem: access to books.
Together, we created a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that donates new or gently used books for children all around the world. Since our inception in 2014, however, we have expanded our mission from just access to books to donating all sorts of essentials, including toothbrushes, general medical supplies, financial resources, and our time to charitable causes. We believe that a healthy body and a healthy mind, coupled with ample resources, can give anyone the chance to obtain the power of knowledge, in the way that we have.
MSMPC has made an impact in the Tampa Bay Area in locations such as:
- Community Health Centers
- Nursing Homes/Long Term Care Facilities
- Local Title I Schools
- Foster Homes
- Veteran's Homes
- Vocational Schools
- The University of South Florida's Shimberg Health Sciences Library
- Mexico
- Dominican Republic
- Haiti
- Argentina
- Kenya
- Tanzania
- Zambia
- India
- South Africa
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