So whats up with UNICEF UK?

Lets see now.........

I have published / republished 28 books from which I freely donate 33% of my, the Publisher's profit, to Unicef UK.
Now, you would think they would be grateful, but OH NO, its just "Give us the money mate and bugger off! We're not interested in anything else!"


Why do I write this? Well, republishing 28 books (I have republished a lot more) takes an awful lot of time and money - £121 per book to be exact, or £3,388, US$5,627 at todays exchange rate. Wanting to use the skills I have learned to benefit my fellow man, I have done from the goodness of my heart and in my spare time.

The books are printed commercially by one of the worlds foremost Print on Demand printers (Lightning Source) to an ecological template, reducing carbon emissions. In short the quality of the finished product is of the highest standard.

From each sale of these 28 books, I donate 33% of my profit to UNICEF, which is about £1 per book for an online sale via the Abela website or £0.48p for books sold via the retail network. But this is not good enough for UNICEF UK.
They are not in the least bit interested. In fact they have told me in no uncertain terms what I can do with my books - and, oh, to give them the money when I have done whatever it is I am supposed to do with them - and myself.


So, do you think UNICEF are justified in their stance, or is this just a big charity chasing the big "dollars" and running rough-shod all over the small guys who really want to help? I would really appreciate your feedback.

PROJECT PERU

Can you believe that there are only 8 bookshops in the whole of Peru? Even worse there are no public libraries!The few libraries that do exist are privately owned with little or no access to the public.

Of the 29 million people in Peru, 11 million live in poverty. Project Peru, a UK based charity, supports a refuge at Zapallal near Lima. Their latest objective is to create a library for the disadvantaged people they support teaching them to read, write and speak English. 

Bill Clinton said of the Hay-on-Wye book and literature festival that it is "The Woodstock of the Mind".   

The biggest draw-back to education in many countries is that it is not free. In their prospectus, Unicef state "Every child has the right to an education which develops their personality, talents and abilities to the full. Primary education must be free for all children." Despite this over 100million children world-wide are denied a basic, primary school education. Countries which do not invest in an education for their children are not investing in the future of that country, never mind the future of their people.

Abela Publishing has partnered with Project Peru to help create the library for the disadvantaged people of Zapallal. Buy an Abela book online now at www.AbelaPublishing.com, append "-PP" to your name and we'll make sure the book is delivered to the new library in Zapallal with your compliments. 

Lets bring Woodstock to Zapallal.......!

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