Book Wish Foundation

John Green of vlogbrothers, a YouTuber with nearly 100,000 subscribers, has posted a comedic book-themed video in support of our efforts to build libraries in Darfur refugee camps in Chad...

You can now help Book Wish whenever you buy books online, and we'll help you find the lowest prices in return. Just start all your book shopping at bibliotarian.org, our new fast book price comparison service...

If you donated to provide English textbooks for refugee-organized English classes in eastern Chad, or if you are considering supporting the English classes, here is a photo you should see. Taken in May 2009, it shows several hundred of the English students from Bredjing Refugee Camp...

Our recent shipment of 1,750 pairs of reading glasses to Darfur refugee camps and villages in eastern Chad also included a variety of solar lights and bilingual English/Arabic and French/Arabic dictionaries – all tools needed to support reading. ...

Respect and Admiration. These are not words typically associated with the plight of refugees...

The University of Toronto English Language Program has generously donated 149 books, 236 audio cassettes, and 105 video cassettes for use in our Iraq project...

Major news from eastern Chad! Our shipment of 1,750 pairs of reading glasses has reached Bredjing Refugee Camp! This despite an attempting carjacking on May 26 en route from Hadjer Hadid to Abeche, Chad, which our partner CORD's drivers narrowly escaped...

Want to learn about life in a Darfur refugee camp? About the importance of education for refugees? Watch this video from the Library of Congress of the lecture Waging Peace: Building a New Life After Conflict for the Victims of Darfur...

Book Wish shipments of 1,750 pairs of reading glasses, 75 English<->Arabic dictionaries, and a few French<->Arabic dictionaries are in Chad and en route to the refugee camps and villages. They have been in the country for months, but have been delayed for logistical reasons...

Book Wish Foundation is committed to providing transparency in our operations. We allow donations to be earmarked with high specificity, so donors know exactly what their money will be used for, and we make our financial reporting easily accessible...

Exciting news about the success of English classes for Darfur refugees in Bredjing Refugee Camp, eastern Chad! The English teachers, themselves refugees, have reached an important milestone thanks to the Headway curriculum we supplied, which has now been used for about eight months...

In this brief report from eastern Chad, Anne Goddard, Education Programme Manager for our partner CORD, describes how villagers in Bakhita are chipping in to build their new primary school. To complete construction, though, they need your help...

If you are in the Washington, D.C. area, this is a great opportunity to hear firsthand about aid work in Darfur refugee camps, especially educational and reading-related aid that can help rebuild lives...

We've just launched a (post-)holiday campaign to raise funds for library construction, English textbooks, and primary school textbooks for the Darfuris in the Bredjing, Treguine, and Gaga refugee camps in eastern Chad...