BOOKS OVER BORDERS LIVRES TRANSFRONTIÈRES
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Mission Statement
Established in Calgary in 2004, Books Over Borders is dedicated to promoting children’s literacy and cross-cultural education, at home and abroad. Our current priority is to donate high quality illustrated books featuring stories from the Middle East and Central Asia to literacy programs serving children in need.
About This Cause
Established in Calgary in 2004, Books Over Borders is dedicated to promoting children’s literacy and cross-cultural education, at home and abroad. Our current priority is to donate high quality illustrated books featuring stories from the Middle East and Central Asia to literacy programs serving children in need. Our literacy focus grew from a survey we conducted in 2004 in which we learned that Canadian literacy programs for disadvantaged children suffer from a severe and ongoing shortage of high quality books. Current requests from our Canadian partners reveal a need for at least 50,000 books annually. In 2010 Books Over Borders began distributing Dari-Pashto editions of the same books to schools, orphanages and NGOs in desperate need in Afghanistan. In just thirteen years ICE has donated free of charge over 221,000 books. More than 80 Canadian non-profit literacy groups will have received over 120,000 books, 6 partner organizations in Afghanistan over 100,000 books, and our partner organization in Mexico 1140 books.