Helping migrant children through shared reading.
In The Spotlight...
World Refugee Day, observed annually on June 20, honors the resilience and courage of millions forced to flee their homes due to conflict, persecution, or disaster. In 2024, global displacement reached historic levels: over 123 million forcibly displaced people, including 42.7 million refugees who crossed international borders. The day serves as a powerful call to action—urging governments and communities to reaffirm commitments to refugee protection, support, and inclusion, and to work toward long-term, dignified solutions.
Our Mission
Our mission is to ease toxic stress in refugee, migrant, and asylum-seeking children by fostering literacy and emotional connection through shared reading.
Our Vision
Displaced children and caregivers will have access to reading resources along the migrant trail, creating safe, calming moments that reduce toxic stress and support healthy emotional development.
Our Strategies...
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Through partnerships. We work with local volunteers at encampments, other NGOs, and two graduate universities in the USA and Mexico.
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Through physical books. We support Pop-Up Libraries inside the encampments by providing books, guidance and a safe place to gather.
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Through an internet portal. We maintain a website hosting age-appropriate stories that can be accessed by a parent with a smart phone.
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Through education. We work with parents to help them understand the value of reading to their children, in terms of literacy and emotional development.
