Welcoming Newcomers to Canada
Thanks to your generosity, we’ve donated 4,800 Hoopoe bilingual books to refugee and immigrant families in 2024, helping children stay connected to their heritage while embracing their new home.
In 2024, Canada welcomed 74,979 refugees, with families arriving speaking languages like Dari, Urdu, Arabic, Spanish, Ukrainian, Polish, and French. Our bilingual Hoopoe books—featuring stories in both a child’s home language and their adopted language—foster early literacy and language development. The refugee and immigrant settlement agencies that we support find these books invaluable to their programs.
“These stories remind us of the ones we heard back home.” —A refugee parent.
Join us in giving the gift of literacy. Your support helps us reach more children with stories that bridge cultures and build brighter futures.
Building bridges with books
The stories that we donate build multiple bridges with refugee communities,
connecting them with their heritage and helping children with their language development.
According to research by SIL International, primary education programs that begin in
the mother tongue help students gain literacy and numeracy skills more quickly.
With our partners Hoopoe Books for Refugees and Kashfi’s Children,
we can donate translation of beautiful multicultural books in many languages.
But we cannot do this without your help as well!
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