The Books Away From Home Foundation is proud to announce its newest book project for refugee children: Sunbird, named after a magnificent little bird that makes its home in both Afghanistan and Iran. After the success of our first (and ongoing) project for Ukrainian refugee kids, we are now in the process of selecting 5-10 picture books in Persian/Dari, for Iranian and Afghan refugee children who are newly arrived in Europe. And continue to arrive, in great numbers Many of these children have no books of their own, and it's not easy for them to find books in their native language. Thanks to the Afghanistan Center at Kabul University (ACKU), the Dutch-Afghan foundation KEIHAN, and a group of enthusiastic Iranian readers and specialists, we expect to be able to provide books in the coming months. But we need your help!

Donations will be used to fund the printing of the first round of picture books: approximately 10,000 books in total. Once these books are printed and distributed to their new owners, we will begin another donation “action”. These books are absolutely free to refugee children, refugee families, and refugee shelters. When feasible, we ask to be reimbursed for the price of shipping (approx 5 euros for 5 books). 

We are and will remain entirely non-profit.

We heartily invite you to donate to this project. See our website for more information. And watch this space for updates!

Thank you.