Impact Projects

Vision:

• Our vision is simple. We create dynamic school libraries that inspire a love of reading, break barriers and change lives.

Values:

• Our goal is to create school libraries that are well-stocked with age-appropriate books and other resources. Each library is staffed by a paid, effectively trained and well supported librarian or library assistants.

• By creating dynamic libraries that are embraced by schools and communities, we can inspire a love of reading, break barriers and change lives.

The collaboration:

• This is a collaboration between The Bookery, Oppenheimer Generations and Cuento de Luz. Cuento de Luz translated the book Ayobami and the Names of the Animals to Xhosa and Afrikaans and printed a free edition that was given to the Bookery in South Africa.

Vision:

• We envision a thriving and inclusive community, workforce and local food system.

Values:

• The capacity of all individuals for growth and renewal
• The joy of growing and sharing healthy food
• The well-being created by vibrant social and natural ecosystems

The collaboration:

• Cuento de Luz has created a book that supports the work of the Foundation. The author donates all their royalties to the Foundation.

The Agua de Coco Foundation has the following mission:

• To improve the quality of life of disadvantaged people from the southern countries, especially women and children, using education as a driver of sustainable development.

The collaboration:

• Cuento de Luz translated and printed a version in Malagasy (the local language in Madagascar), and gave a free version to the Foundation to be distributed to schools in Madagascar. The authors and illustrator donate half of their royalties to the Foundation.

The Mission of the What Really Matters Foundation is:

• The What Really Matters Foundation seeks to promote the development and the diffusion of universal human, ethic and moral values to the public fundamentally through the development of cultural activities.

The collaboration:

• Cuento de Luz has collaborated with the Foundation to create four biographies based on the real life stories of people with exceptional life stories. The authors donate all their rights to the Foundation. Cuento de Luz donates 10% of its net revenues from the sales of the four books to the Foundation.

The Vipeika Foundation has the following purpose:

• Cooperation for educational development, contribute to the eradication of poverty and the creation and development in disadvantaged populations so they can achieve a life as dignified as possible. The foundation will focus on the defence of the right to education of all persons alike share in promoting education and training, basic food, health, gender equality and action in developing countries.
• The activities to be performed by the foundation to fulfil its aims encompass the promotion and participation in development programs, humanitarian action, fair trade, social action and awareness campaigns, as well as such other acts both within and outside the country are appropriate to better achieve its objectives.

The collaboration:

• Cuento de Luz has collaborated with the Foundation to create a book that supports the objectives of the Foundation. Cuento de Luz also translated and printed a version in Swahili (the local language in Kenya), and distributed a free version to schools on a field trip to Kenya. Also, the author donates all their royalties to the Foundation.
• Ana Eulate went on a field trip with the Foundation to Kenya to visit the schools and donate the books. There is now a school in Pokot, Kenya, called Cuento de Luz School.

The purpose of the Maktabat al-Fanoos program is:

• Maktabat al-Fanoos (Lantern Library) is an Arabic-language book-gifting program that serves Arab children ages 3-8 and their families in Israel. It strives to stimulate a life-long love of books and discussion of universal values at home and in the class.

The collaboration:

• The Lonely Mailman has been selected and translated for distribution in Arabic in Israel by Maktabat al-Fanoos book gifting program, which seeks to instil a love of books and reading in children from an early age. The program, which distributes books free of charge to all Arabic-speaking children in Israeli public schools between the ages of 3-7, is a partnership of the Israeli Ministry of Education and the Harold Grinspoon Foundation. The Lonely Mailman is one of four books that Arab children in second grade will receive this year as part of the program. After exploring the book in class with the teacher, each child takes home a personal copy to keep and enjoy with his/her family. Cuento de Luz is proud to be part of this program that seeks to assure every Arab child in Israel has access to high-quality books at school and at home.

The Cometa Foundation is pursuing the following objectives:

• To promote educational projects in conflict filled, underdeveloped or developing countries by promoting a well-balanced education to children and young adults, allowing them to stabilize their country and choose an alternative future to was or poverty.
• To build the foundation so that new generations may contribute the necessary talent and values to overcome the extreme poverty, doing so by means of a literacy campaign and cultural enrichment.
• To transmit egalitarian values of respect and human rights for men and women.
• To prepare women to be main characters in the change that will improve their formation.
• To empower women to be the vehicles that convey those egalitarian values of respect and human rights to their children.

The collaboration:

• Cuento de Luz has collaborated with the Foundation to create a book that supports the objectives of the Foundation. Cuento de Luz also translated and printed a version in Dari (the local language in Afghanistan), and distributed a free version to schools on a field trip to Afghanistan. Also, the author donates all their royalties to the Foundation.
• Ana Eulate went on a field trip with the Foundation to Kabul, Afghanistan to visit the schools and donate the books.

The Mission of the Aguila Foundation is:

• To promote research and direct action to benefit the conservation of eagles, man and the environment they share. Our priorities: Investigate and promote effective solutions that reduce the most pressing problems of the eagles for conservation, such as poison, disease and fertility problems. Promoting environmental education and awareness Develop projects that benefit people living with eagles in rural environments, placing value on the uniqueness of these species towards its social, economic and cultural development.

The collaboration:

• Cuento de Luz has collaborated with the Foundation creating a book that supports the objectives of the Foundation. The author donates all their royalties to the Foundation.

The Sobre Ruedas Foundation has the following purposes:

• Cooperation for educational development, contribute to the eradication of poverty and the creation and development in disadvantaged populations so they can achieve a life as dignified as possible. The foundation will focus on the defence of the right to education of all persons alike share in promoting education and training, basic food, health, gender equality and action in developing countries.
• The activities to be performed by the foundation to fulfil its aims encompass the promotion and participation in development programs, humanitarian action, fair trade, social action and awareness campaigns, as well as such other acts both within and outside the country are appropriate to better achieve its objectives.

The collaboration:

• Cuento de Luz has collaborated with the Foundation to create a book that supports the objectives of the Foundation. The author donates all their royalties to the Foundation.