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Letter from Ugandan Student
Dear Books of Hope,
I am called Alex. I am 14 years old and I am in primary five in SL Alcysus School in Mbotota District, Uganda. I greeting in the name of O Lord. How are you - and how is your life? My aim to write this letter is that I want to thank you so much for your things which you gave us like books and another help for me. I like reading books so now I am very happy.
Yours Sincerely,
T. Alex
Letter from U.S. Student
Enclosed please find a $25 check and six books that members of the National Art Honor Society of Haddam Killingworth High School worked on during the school year. We really enjoyed creating the books and in addition to learning about the situation in Uganda, we all send our best wishes for the children and their families.
I think that your program is a wonderful opportunity for teenagers to become involved in a global issue. It was a wonderful experience and very fulfilling to know that our stories and our art may brighten a child's day.
Thank you for this opportunity!
Sincerely, Alyson D., Haddam-Killingworth High School
Dear Books of Hope,
I am called Alex. I am 14 years old and I am in primary five in SL Alcysus School in Mbotota District, Uganda. I greeting in the name of O Lord. How are you - and how is your life? My aim to write this letter is that I want to thank you so much for your things which you gave us like books and another help for me. I like reading books so now I am very happy.
Yours Sincerely,
T. Alex
Letter from U.S. Student
Enclosed please find a $25 check and six books that members of the National Art Honor Society of Haddam Killingworth High School worked on during the school year. We really enjoyed creating the books and in addition to learning about the situation in Uganda, we all send our best wishes for the children and their families.
I think that your program is a wonderful opportunity for teenagers to become involved in a global issue. It was a wonderful experience and very fulfilling to know that our stories and our art may brighten a child's day.
Thank you for this opportunity!
Sincerely, Alyson D., Haddam-Killingworth High School
If you would like to send us a brief paragraph about your experience with the project, please drop us a line at info@booksofhope.org
When you [give] a man a book you don't [give] just twelve ounces of paper and ink and glue - you [give] him a whole new life. Love and friendship and humour and ships at sea by night - there's all heaven and earth in a book...
~Christopher Morley
The most enduring love affair of my life has been with books. My earliest memories are of reading... reading secretly after bedtime with a flashlight under the covers, reading at the dinner table while my parents begged me to put the book down, reading on family road trips until I made myself carsick. As an adult, my books have threatened to crowd me out of every home I've ever lived in.
Having been blessed with a loving family who could provide me with food and shelter, my worst nightmare was a world without books.
But that is exactly the world in which millions of people live.
Theirs is a world of day-to-day survival: the quest for the next meal, the longing for a soft bed, the desperate need for life-saving medicines. In the face of these harsh realities, a simple book seems almost trivial. But here at Books of Hope, we believe that books are much more.
Books are food for the soul and shelter for the spirit. A single book can contain a universe of hope and possibility. Books - and the learning and imagination they inspire - allow us to explore our potential and become fully alive.
The children we serve in Uganda have seen more than their share of misery. Their lives have been a constant struggle for survival for far too long. But as they emerge from war and slavery, we hope, through a book made of friendship and love, we can help them construct a vision for a better life. We hope we can help them move from surviving to thriving, and we believe that books are a critical part of that transition.
Join hundreds of schools around the country as they write, illustrate and bind books for children around the world. Together, we can help reawaken dreams in children who may have forgotten how to dream.
Thank you for your support!
Sincerely,
Abha Thakkar
Abha has been directing Books of Hope since January 2007. Prior to that, she worked as the managing editor of a community newspaper and as a grassroots community organizer on issues of educational equity. Her academic background is in Political Science, International Relations, and Elementary and Middle School Education. Abha was born in India and moved to the United States with her family at the age of two.
~Christopher Morley
The most enduring love affair of my life has been with books. My earliest memories are of reading... reading secretly after bedtime with a flashlight under the covers, reading at the dinner table while my parents begged me to put the book down, reading on family road trips until I made myself carsick. As an adult, my books have threatened to crowd me out of every home I've ever lived in.
Having been blessed with a loving family who could provide me with food and shelter, my worst nightmare was a world without books.
But that is exactly the world in which millions of people live.
Theirs is a world of day-to-day survival: the quest for the next meal, the longing for a soft bed, the desperate need for life-saving medicines. In the face of these harsh realities, a simple book seems almost trivial. But here at Books of Hope, we believe that books are much more.
Books are food for the soul and shelter for the spirit. A single book can contain a universe of hope and possibility. Books - and the learning and imagination they inspire - allow us to explore our potential and become fully alive.
The children we serve in Uganda have seen more than their share of misery. Their lives have been a constant struggle for survival for far too long. But as they emerge from war and slavery, we hope, through a book made of friendship and love, we can help them construct a vision for a better life. We hope we can help them move from surviving to thriving, and we believe that books are a critical part of that transition.
Join hundreds of schools around the country as they write, illustrate and bind books for children around the world. Together, we can help reawaken dreams in children who may have forgotten how to dream.
Thank you for your support!
Sincerely,
Abha Thakkar
Abha has been directing Books of Hope since January 2007. Prior to that, she worked as the managing editor of a community newspaper and as a grassroots community organizer on issues of educational equity. Her academic background is in Political Science, International Relations, and Elementary and Middle School Education. Abha was born in India and moved to the United States with her family at the age of two.