This has truly been an amazing experience for each one of us members involved over these past 2 years. Looking back, we see that so much has been achieved in a fairly short period of time. It was in no way a small task, and we members will never forget the long hours, numerous meetings, and mixture of emotions that accompanied this youth endeavour. The fact that as secondary school students (now university students!), we were able to start a project like this on our own and produce an outcome with such a far-reaching impact, has left us feeling that anyone can make a difference in their community- as long as they are willing to put in the work!
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Since last summer (summer 2013) when the books were produced, we have spent the past year selling books and raising awareness about our project and the orphanages we have worked with. As we left for our summer breaks, each of us took a bundle of books to share with others in whatever part of the world we found ourselves. Being a diverse group, our books were able to reach a good number of places- different parts of England, America, France, Northern Ireland, The Republic of Ireland, Nigeria, Poland, and India.
We had settled on a price of £8.00 (and its equivalent in other currencies) per book, but what we found was that after hearing the story behind LSF and the stories of our young authors, people were often moved to give much more than that. Even now, we haven't sold more than half the books originally produced, but have presently made more than the expected sum of all books under the normal selling price!
So far we have made roughly £2000.00, and these funds have been shared out equally amongst our three orphanages to support them in their various needs. As there are still many books yet to be sold, you can simply contact us at livingstoriesfoundation@gmail.com to arrange to purchase some books, or make any donations. There will be more news on how these orphanages will be using the funds.
Thus, we would like to say a big 'Thank You' to everyone involved in this project- to our orphanages, sponsors, and Sevenoaks School for all its support. This has been an enrichening experience for each of us, and we look forward to working on many more story-projects in the future : 'For the world; by the children'.
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| Image culled from: http://www.machinegunthompson.com/2013/09/thank-you-all-so-much.html |
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