Book Wish Foundation

What You Wish For

What You Wish For is our collection of stories and poems for young adults featuring 18 top writers, including more than a few legends. All our proceeds will go to the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, to establish libraries in Darfuri refugee camps.

Contributing authors: R.L. Stine, John Green, Meg Cabot, Alexander McCall Smith, Ann M. Martin, Karen Hesse, Joyce Carol Oates, Cynthia Voigt, Francisco X. Stork, Sofia Quintero, Jeanne DuPrau, Cornelia Funke, and graphic novelist Nate Powell.

Contributing poets: Nikki Giovanni, Naomi Shihab Nye, Marilyn Nelson, Gary Soto, and Jane Yolen.

Foreword by Mia Farrow, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and Darfur advocate.

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Darfur Refugee Camp English Classes

See what English education is like for Darfuri refugees in Chad. Video shows textbooks provided by Book Wish Foundation -- your donation dollars at work. Visit bookwish.org to help the people you are watching.

Darfur Refugee Camp Schools

Schools in refugee camps for Darfuris who have fled to eastern Chad.

Reading Lights

Potential reading lights for use in crisis situations by large groups (e.g., literacy classes in refugee camps). Criteria: solar rechargeable, rugged, portable, wide-beam, bright. This video is prior to field testing of the lights in refugee camps in Chad.

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