Did you
know education is the key to breaking the cycle of poverty children are born
into? For children in poverty, education brings a freedom that is very real to
them. For these children, educational books, children's books, and Bibles are
all desperately needed.
Did you
know while millions of school books are burned, shredded, or thrown away each
year in America, there are equally millions of children around the world who
will never know the pure joy of having their own books?
Did you
know by the time they are 9 years old, students in some of America’s most
under-resourced communities are reading three grade levels below their more
affluent peers?
Did you
know in Beijing or Hanoi, the price of a book in Western medicine is equal to
the monthly salary of a doctor?
Did you
know the book famine in Africa remains a reality? Where books are available,
there are still very few. It is common across the continent to see five or six
school children sharing one book. Empty library shelves are a constant reminder
of Africa’s desperate need for printed materials?
Did
you know we have soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen deployed around the
globe, facing massive downtime? Many troops do not have access to books and
reading materials?