Sahana Srikanth

Sahana Srikanth

Sahana Srikanth received the Children Have the Power to Empower® Award for the outstanding acts of goodness she performs through the nonprofit she founded, Young Learners Foundation, and her Book Drive Initiative, which has collected and distributed more than 2,500 books (with a value of more than $20,000) to young people in need in the United States and around the world.

Her leadership skills,  love of reading, and compassion for others have put thousands of books and literacy resources into the hands of boys and girls in the United States, Kenya, and Trinidad & Tobago who, on any given day, have little or no access to books of their own. Sahana is raising funds when necessary to cover packing and shipping costs, while keeping the gift of books and services 100% free to the children she serves.  By reaching across the miles with gifts of books, she is helping children to expand their knowledge and brighten their futures through literacy.