Our Impact

We were thrilled to open the doors to the first ever Yours Humanly Philippines Education Center, located in Quezon City, just northeast of Manilla. Made possible by The Lefanowicz Foundation, this welcoming new center is completely hi-tech with twenty computers and ancillary equipment, allowing both basic and advanced computer instruction for children, youth, and adults from local and neighboring communities, with open access and at no cost to users.

Beyond technology and a growing lending library, the center will offer STEM and Arts resources and instruction, educational enrichment activities, and support for afterschool homework and learning in dedicated study spaces.

This project was made possible through our Bridging Gaps initiative, which serves to bridge the gaps between need and available resources. We are deeply grateful to our Yours Humanly Philippines team members for the amazing work they’re doing on behalf of children in need. If you would like to help bring hi-tech, high-value education centers to children desperately in need of equitable resources, please donate today.

The Yours Humanly Nepal Education Center (originally the Nepal Computer Center and Library), has broadened its mission to provide expanded educational services to children in need. The all-free center now offers STEM and arts education, dedicated space for afterschool homework assistance, an enhanced library, advanced technologies, and double the number of computers, enabling both basic computer learning and advanced instruction in graphic design, web design, and coding for youth and adults.

The newly expanded Yours Humanly Nepal Education Center, completed in 2026, will serve thousands of underserved children from surrounding communities, today and for years to come at no cost to themselves. This project was made possible through our Bridging Gaps initiative, which serves to bridge the gaps between need and available resources.

We are deeply grateful to our Yours Humanly Nepal team members for the amazing work they’re doing on behalf of children in need. If you would like to help bring hi-tech, high-value education centers to children desperately in need of equitable resources, please donate today.

We completed our two-year Family Literacy Night project, made possible by a generous grant from the City of Concord, California, and benefiting more than 4,000 students in ten Concord elementary schools served by Mt. Diablo Unified School District. We held twenty festive on-campus Family Literacy nights designed to promote reading, boost literacy skills, and foster a love of books among students. Supported by our Coloring Futures initiative, the project featured more than 19,600 English-language and bilingual book giveaways; literacy-themed games and activities; author readings; library card sign-ups; and light dinners for students and their families. View photos of Family Literacy Night events here.

More than 80 Yours Humanly scholars in Cambodia, India, and Nepal are enjoying another year of schooling through our K–12 Scholarship Program, our core effort for desperately poor children, which moves them from the streets to the classroom. A central component of our Coloring Futures initiative, the annual scholarships fully fund our scholars’ educational journey, from placement in their local school through high school graduation. Annual scholarships cover all costs including tuition, uniforms, books, study materials, school supplies, ESL and computer instruction, mid-day meals, and housing. This is an ongoing program of annual individual scholarships, funded and managed every year for another year of schooling. If you feel as we do, that every child everywhere deserves an education, please help us help our scholars, and those children who still live on the streets, deserving of an opportunity to experience a transformative education in a safe and nurturing environment. Please donate today.

This spring, Yours Humanly hosted Family Literacy Night “round two” at two Concord, CA, elementary schools that were a part of our popular two-year, 10-school Family Literacy Night project. The two events held at Meadow Homes and Fair Oaks elementary schools were attended collectively by more than 275 students and their families. Students were treated to a variety of engaging literacy-themed activities and a light buffet-style dinner. We purchased and delivered more than 1,000 books for students to take home and for classroom and library shelves. Meadow Homes handed out reading awards, and Fair Oaks students played word finding, word bingo, and story completion games. The two-year Yours Humanly Family Literacy Night project (2023—2025) benefited more than 4,000 students in ten Concord elementary schools served by Mt. Diablo Unified School District. This project was made possible through our Coloring Futures initiative and by a generous grant from the City of Concord. View photos.

Yours Humanly enjoyed mixing up our traditional Family Literacy Night format by holding two literacy events during the school day at Ygnacio Valley Elementary School in Concord, CA. We ordered more than 1,400 books for both student distribution during class hours and for a school library refresh. Principal Armenta’s goal was to make sure every student present on the days of the events went home with a new book or two. We also assembled and distributed tote bags with activities that could be completed at home with parents and siblings, including quizzes, games, trivia, and reading challenges. The two-year Yours Humanly Family Literacy Night project, which concluded in June 2025, benefited more than 4,000 students in ten Concord elementary schools served by Mt. Diablo Unified School District. This project was made possible through our Coloring Futures initiative and by a generous grant from the City of Concord. View photos.

Students and families of Fair Oaks Elementary School (Concord, CA) turned out for a festive Family Literacy Night, the first of two Yours Humanly literacy events planned for the school. After Principal Amy Monaghan kicked off the evening with an enthusiastic welcome, students and families were treated to a variety of engaging literacy-themed activities and a light buffet-style dinner. We were happy to purchase and deliver hundreds of English-language and bilingual books for students to take home and for classroom and library shelves

The two-year Yours Humanly Family Literacy Night project is benefitting more than 4,000 students in ten Concord elementary schools served by Mt. Diablo Unified School District. This project is made possible through our Coloring Futures initiative and by a generous grant from the City of Concord. If you believe, as we do, that early literacy is the key to academic achievement, strong language skills, and lifelong learning, please donate today to help us continue to reach students in need with the gift of books. View Fair Oaks Elementary School Family Literacy Night photos.

Yours Humanly was thrilled to introduce our Family Literacy Night project to Mountain View Elementary School this past November, when students, accompanied by their parents and siblings, attended the first of two literacy night events planned for the Concord, California, school. All enjoyed a variety of evening activities, including free book distributions (more than 325 books and five titles in English and Portuguese), literacy-themed crafts and word games, and a light buffet-style dinner. Principal Stacy Campbell was on hand to greet the students and their families, and made sure that every student went home with multiple books to keep as their own. Students who could not attend, received their books in class the next day. We believe that early literacy is the key to academic achievement, strong language skills, and lifelong learning. Our fun and festive Family Literacy nights support this belief and are designed to engage parents and guardians in their children’s educational journey.

The Yours Humanly Family Literacy Night project spans the 2023–2024 and 2024–2025 school years, and will benefit more than 4,000 students in ten Concord elementary schools served by Mt. Diablo Unified School District. This project is made possible through our Coloring Futures initiative and by a generous grant from the City of Concord. Please donate today to help us continue to reach students in need with the gift of books. View Mountain View Elementary School Family Literacy Night photos.

This fall term, Yours Humanly hosted Family Literacy Night “round two” at two Concord, CA, elementary schools that are a part of our popular 10-school Family Literacy Night project, taking place between Fall 2023 and Spring 2025. The two events held at Holbrook Language Academy and Westwood Elementary School were attended collectively by more than 250 students and their families. Ultimately, our Family Literacy Night project, designed to promote early literacy and encourage parent engagement, will benefit more than 4,000 students served by Mt. Diablo Unified School District.

For round two, we purchased more than 1,000 books, which were given directly to the schools and distributed to students during the evening events. We purchased a wide variety of titles in both English and Spanish spanning TK through 5^th grade.  While the schools customized their own literacy night format in collaboration with our Yours Humanly Family Literacy Night project manager, each school provided fun, educational activities, reading corners, and literacy-themed arts and crafts for their students, in addition to handing out books to all students to take home as their own and a light dinner. Some of the evenings’ activities included word bingo, literacy passports, word search, bookmark crafts, and spelling tic-tac-toe. Students of Holbrook arrived at the event in pajamas and robes for a fun night of “bedtime” storytelling. 

Family Literacy nights are made possible through our Coloring Futures initiative and a generous grant of $213,000 from the City of Concord to fund our ten-school Family Literacy Night project. Please donate today to help us continue to reach students in need with the gift of books. View photos.

This fall, Meadow Homes Elementary School (Concord, CA) turned out in enthusiastic full force for Family Literacy Night, the first of two Yours Humanly literacy nights planned for the school’s students and families.

More than 350 people attended, including students who were accompanied by their parents and siblings. All were treated to a variety of evening activities, including free book distributions, library card sign-ups, literacy-themed crafts and word games, a reading by children’s author Nadine Fonseca, and a light buffet-style dinner.

We were pleased to purchase and deliver 3,750 English and bilingual books (valued at $20,000) that made their way into the hands of Meadow Homes students and onto the shelves of their classroom and school libraries. Every student chose three books to take home and keep as their own; students who could not attend, received their books in class the next day.  

The Yours Humanly Family Literacy Night project (literacy nights and book distributions) spans the 2023–2024 and 2024–2025 school years, and will benefit more than 4,000 students in ten Concord elementary schools served by Mt. Diablo Unified School District. This project is made possible through our Coloring Futures initiative and by a generous grant from the City of Concord. If you believe, as we do, that early literacy is the key to academic achievement, strong language skills, and lifelong learning, please donate today to help us continue to reach students in need with the gift of books. View Meadow Homes Elementary School Family Literacy Night photos.

In September, Yours Humanly hosted Family Literacy Night at Cambridge Elementary School (Concord, CA), attended by nearly 500 students, parents, and siblings, who enjoyed an evening of book distributions, literacy activities, and dinner, provided by community favorite Los Pinos. Principal Joanne Wathen and several teachers were on hand to speak (in both English and Spanish) with students and families and enjoy time together celebrating books and literacy. For Cambridge, this was the first of two Family Literacy Nights that Yours Humanly will host as a part of our two-year literacy project designed to benefit more than 4,000 Concord elementary school students served by Mount Diablo Unified School District. The second Cambridge Elementary literacy night will be held in Spring 2025.

Spanish is the first language for a large number of Cambridge families, and their children are bilingual by nature of their classroom curricula and studies. Therefore, a number of the more than 1,850 books (15 titles) purchased and distributed by Yours Humanly were bilingual, by a ratio of 2:1, to encourage and facilitate student reading at home with parents and guardians.

Online surveys distributed via a QR code resulted in positive feedback to open-ended questions in both English and Spanish, confirming that these family literacy events designed to encourage reading and parent involvement are welcome additions to a child’s educational journey.

The Yours Humanly Family Literacy Night project is made possible through our Coloring Futures initiative and by a generous grant of $213,000 from the City of Concord. If you believe, as we do, that early literacy is the key to academic achievement, strong language skills, and lifelong learning, please donate today to help us continue to reach to students in need with the gift of books. View Cambridge Elementary School Family Literacy Night photos.

Yours Humanly was pleased to provide resources for an outdoor learning center and full-sized playground for students in Grade 1 and up in a school in Takeo, Cambodia. Additionally, we provided resources for younger children, ages 3–5, who are often forgotten and who, in this school, had very little in the way of educational materials and playtime activities. In the kindergarten classroom, we provided medium-size, plastic play structures and age-appropriate books, school supplies, and educational activities. Now, the youngest children have opportunities to play, learn, and socialize in a safe and comfortable place before moving on to Grade 1.

Children need safe outdoor/indoor academic and play areas on their educational journeys. Please help us complete more projects like this, which supports our Bridging Gaps initiative, by donating today.

Yours Humanly provided multiple sets of newly built, bright blue desks and benches for classrooms in an impoverished community school in Nepal’s Dang district, home to 200+ students from kindergarten to Grade 10. The furniture was custom ordered with a sturdy design for classroom use from a factory in Kathmandu, then shipped and delivered by truck. While we were unable to provide new desks for every single student and teacher, the desks we did provide are already facilitating a better learning environment for those who attend and teach at the school. Each desk and bench set can comfortably seat four students—even five if they are younger—and come with storage space for books and stationery.

This project was made possible through our Bridging Gaps initiative, which allows us to respond to a need where there are no available resources. The physical state of classrooms and schools deeply affects student comfort, engagement, and ability to focus and learn. Please donate today to help us continue to provide proper classroom furniture and educational supplies, resources all students and teachers deserve, without question.

At an underserved elementary school in Prey Veng, Cambodia, home to more than 250 students, Yours Humanly funded and constructed a brand new playground with safe outdoor play equipment for multiple ages—a special place for children of this school and neighboring schools to come together to play and socialize. This is the first structured playground for these children in this area.

Additionally, Yours Humanly completely renovated one of the school’s classrooms, creating a safer, more pleasant learning environment for students and teachers. Along with the renovation, we funded and provided books and educational materials for classroom studies and curricula.

In appreciation, teachers, parents, students, and village officials hosted a festive outdoor ribbon cutting to acknowledge the work and support of Yours Humanly Cambodia. 

Your generous donations enabled us to fund the classroom renovations, books, and educational materials, and the playground for students at this underserved elementary school. The playground and classroom renovation project supports our Bridging Gaps initiative. Please help us continue to provide the resources children need to blend physical activity with their educational efforts by donating today. 

During the spring school term, Yours Humanly hosted the second of two Family Literacy nights planned for students and families of El Monte, Wren Avenue, and Sun Terrace elementary schools, attended collectively by more than 500 students and their families, designed to promote early literacy and encourage parent engagement. 

For round two, we purchased more than 1,800 books which were distributed to the three schools, with a variety of titles in both English and Spanish spanning TK through 5^thgrade. While the schools customized their own literacy night format in collaboration with our Yours Humanly Family Literacy Night project manager, each school provided fun, educational activities, reading corners, and literacy-themed arts and crafts for their students, in addition to book distributions.

Family Literacy nights are made possible through our Coloring Futures initiative and a generous grant of $213,000 from the City of Concord to fund our ten-school Family Literacy Night project, benefiting more than 4,000 Concord students. Please donate today to help us continue to reach students in need with the gift of books. View photos.

Yours Humanly was honored to attend the joyful ribbon cutting ceremony for the Yours Humanly Nepal Community Library, a special Yours Humanly project benefiting underprivileged children and youth in the Newar community. In attendance were local officials and eager children and adults, who extended their appreciation with smiles and Thank you’s. 

We repaired, renovated, and remodeled a large room on the top floor of a free standing building to create a welcoming library and education center—a special space and place for hundreds of children from different schools to enjoy. We funded and provided for the construction of the library, as well as for the shelving, tables, chairs, books, and educational materials. For most children in the community, this is the first time they’ve had access to a library and learning center.

This is our fourth library construction and dedication in Nepal. Special thanks to the Yours Humanly Nepal team for doing such an amazing job on this special library. This project supports our Bridging Gaps initiative, and it is with deepest gratitude that we acknowledge all those who made this effort possible through their generous donations. Libraries are a gateway to education and lifelong learning. Please help us continue to provide quality libraries and educational centers to children in need who often go without. Please donate today. 

Yours Humanly has established a stand-alone ESL (English as a Second Language) program in Siem Reap, Cambodia, for children in desperate need of even the bare necessities of life. Here, under the roof of a structure we renovated for this purpose, we offer more than 250 severely impoverished children the opportunity to learn English through structured English classes with qualified English instructors and age-appropriate books and learning material. Once the children complete the multi-year program, funded and operated solely by Yours Humanly, they will be able to communicate in English—reading, writing, and speaking—giving them a bilingual advantage in an increasingly competitive and hi-tech world where English is the most widely spoken language.

Classes are offered twice a week, Saturdays and Sundays, 5–7pm, throughout the year (except for two national holidays). This is all voluntary on the part of the students—and the good news is, the classes are full! The children of this impoverished area are eager to learn English, eager for new books and instruction, and eager to join siblings and friends on this adventure in a nurturing and supportive environment. You can feel the energy and excitement—you can see their paths brightened.

Your generous donations made this opportunity come true for these children, and by extension, their families and communities. Please help us continue to provide ESL education to children in need by donating today and supporting programs such as this one, made possible through our Coloring Futures initiative. 

In April, Yours Humanly celebrated the opening of the Smart Anganwadi Center, a newly constructed Yours Humanly Day School in Pauri, Uttarakhand, India, for children ages 3-6, who come from impoverished backgrounds. The festive ribbon cutting, held April 12, was attended by school leaders, elected officials, and community members.

Children in this severely impoverished community live in wage worker households, where they are often left on their own while their parents are working. With no supervision or structured pre-school educational activities, many children simply wander the streets and are ill-prepared when they finally enter public school in Grade 1.

To address this gap, Yours Humanly funded the construction of the Smart Anganwadi Center, a Yours Humanly Day School, in partnership with the Women Empowerment and Child Development Department. Here, pre-schoolers spend their days in a safe and structured environment, with two full meals a day and quality, age-appropriate learning and socializing, getting ready for public school. Yours Humanly is also providing for school supplies, educational resources, books, furniture, and teacher salaries.

The Day School is a significant step toward building a strong foundation and shaping the future success of children from these impoverished communities. Special thanks to the Yours Humanly India team for doing such a fabulous job! Deepest gratitude to all those who made this project possible through their generous donations. 

Please donate today to help us continue to provide educational spaces such as the Yours Humanly Day School to children desperately in need. View photos of our Day School in Pauri, India.

Yours Humanly was pleased to grant the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) $25,000 to fund the purchase of more than 500 Oakland Family Literacy Kits—LitKits—intended for three OUSD elementary schools. The LitKits are being distributed to more than 500 TK–2nd grade students at Allendale, Madison Park, and Martin Luther King, Jr., elementary schools. We are pleased to partner with OUSD on this district-wide literacy Initiative, and we’re honored to be a part of the district’s efforts to engage families in their children’s educational journey.

We extend our sincerest appreciation to Safeway Foundation for its generous donation, which helped support this Oakland literacy project.

This LitKit grant was made possible through our Yours Humanly Coloring Futures Initiative, which supports early literacy programs and provides access to educational resources to children in need. If you believe, as we do, that early literacy is the cornerstone for academic success and life’s achievements, please donate today to help us continue to reach children in need.

On a Friday evening in March, Yours Humanly hosted Family Literacy Night at Holbrook Language Academy, a distinctive Two-way Dual Language K–8th school in Concord, CA, where students are taught literacy and academic content in English and Spanish full time.

Attended by more than 200 students and their families and led by Principal Sylvia Orellana with assistance from a number of parent readers and teacher facilitators, Holbrook’s Family Literacy Night agenda included dinner, reading corners, story-based arts and crafts, interactive family games, a Spanish Tales short film, and book distributions.

Twelve different titles were on display for distribution at the event, with at least three choices to take home per grade, K–8. Students who could not attend Family Literacy Night received their books in class. Decorations and prizes were donated by the school’s PFC, and special guest Contra Costa Librarian Roa Lasalle registers students and families for library cards.

This high impact Yours Humanly Family Literacy Night project, which will benefit more than 4,000 students served by the Mt. Diablo Unified School District during the 2023–2024 and 2024–2025 school years, is made possible through our Coloring Futures initiative and by a generous grant of $213,000 from the City of Concord. If you believe, as we do, that early literacy is the key to academic achievement, strong language skills, and lifelong learning, please donate today to help us continue to reach to students in need with the gift of books. View Holbrook Language Academy Family Literacy Night photos.