Afghan children who have recently fled for their lives are spending their first days in the UK in quarantine and bridging accommodation. Your gift of a book right now could give some desperately-needed distraction, some education, and a start on their journey with the English language that will be critical to their future lives in the UK.
How you can help?
To donate a book simply:
- Click on a book cover you would like to give and proceed to order.
- For the delivery address, enter the following as a new address:
Afghanistan Response
SQM Department
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
Camberley
GU15 4PQ
- Complete your order directly. No personal details or payments go via this webpage.
- Tell others!
- All books received will be handled by the Afghanistan Response team at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, in conjunction with local authorities, and coordinated by Major Retd Andrew Fox.
Suggested books to donate …
Wonderful donations!
@Usborne, your donation of first word books is absolutely beautiful. The ‘listen and learn’ books are particularly thoughtful for these children hearing English spoken around them for the first time. Thank you for your wonderful kindness.
@KidsBloomsbury, thank you so much for sending one hundred fabulous copies of your most popular titles for children – vibrant stories overflowing with colour and imagination. These beautiful gifts of joy are so greatly appreciated.
@HoopoeBooks, your incredible 189kgs donation of Pashto-English and Dari-English books for children is stunning. Thank you for this sensational kindness for so many Afghan refugee children now in the UK. Just look at these! Find out more about the work of HoopoeBooks at www.hoopoebooks.com
Recommend suitable books
This is a voluntary initiative, simply and quickly set-up in the hope of offering children inspiring books that they need and deserve. If this webpage can help them, and gives others the chance to donate as I did, I can gladly keep it going. To recommend suitable books or suggest more ideas, please DM me @HelenRamscar
About book-relief.com
I chanced upon a tweet appealing for USB cables, toiletries and clothing needed urgently for Afghan refugees in quarantine in the UK. As a mother with young kids, thinking of those children who have fled peril now in mandatory confinement, my mind turned also to how to help occupy them during the 24/7 of these first days …
Inspiring books for children. Beautiful picture books. Universal activity books. Beginners’ bilingual books to support their first steps with the English language.
I found four online: Dari/English and Pashto/English, and sent them. I heard that local authorities would definitely welcome more. So, after reading my children their bedtime stories, book-relief.com began.
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