Books Unbound

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Where does your donation go?

1) Book Development – A research-intensive process with our international & local team for education program design.

• Ideation & Consultation: Identify the target community, consult local educators, assemble a team. Design outline, gather reference photos.
• Contextualization & Verification: Create & refine cartoons, translate text. Community feedback on translations, cartoons & themes.
• Implementation & Expansion: Distribute books, launch classes, gather feedback. Train teachers, hire local staff, scale programs.

Learn more about our methodology here.

2) Book Distribution – We design picture dictionaries, coloring books, health books, children's books, and posters.

• We print locally & provide books to underfunded individuals & organizations.
• We support grassroots teachers lacking school funding.
• We equip students to use our books for group learning & community-building.

Learn more about our projects here.

Please click HERE to visit our website.

About Books Unbound

We’re a diverse team of content creators around the world, many of whom are refugees themselves. We work with photographers, artists, translators, and educators who are dedicated to providing displaced communities with accessible, contextualized learning opportunities.

Our Approach:

• Cartoon-Based – Engaging, culturally sensitive visuals for all literacy levels.
• Relevant Education – Working with local educators to address key needs like vocabulary, health, and gender-specific topics.
• Language Preservation – Promoting mother tongue literacy with local & international linguists.

Books Unbound partners with local NGOs and individuals established in refugee communities to distribute and implement programs. Learn more about our programs here.

Background:

Books Unbound was informally developed to address the needs of a small group of Rohingya refugees who fled persecution in 2015. Separated from their families, they traveled from Myanmar by boat for two months before landing in southern Thailand. They were arrested while hiding in the jungles and taken to a temporary shelter. Few learning materials were available to them and none were relatable or relevant to them. Sophie worked with the Rohingya and other volunteers to create a Rohingya specific picture-based program. A culturally sensitive illustration fostered more engagement, and Books Unbound was born.

Since then, Sophie has been traversing the globe to connect with Rohingya friends throughout the States and all over Asia to learn their stories and build out education programs.

You can read about her stories HERE.

IMPORTANT: If mailing a donation, please make it payable to "New Horizons Foundation" with memo "Books Unbound"

Books Unbound

c/o New Horizons Foundation

731 Chapel Hills Dr. Colorado Springs, CO 80920