BOOK  |  FRIENDS THROUGH FABLES

BY YOU COUNT

The aim of You Count is to inspire teens to take an active role in their own future and in so doing help to create a strong, united generation that is working to find solutions to global issues that we are facing now or will face when they grow up.

For the Friends Through Fables project, the focus was on global literacy. Many different areas and communities in South Africa were visited to collect local fables and folklore. The Friends Through Fables book is a teen authored and translated global fable book. The aim of the fables project is to create a platform for a global connection and empathy through cultural diversity. To bridge the gaping divide between those who have access to education and books and those who don’t. To show teens that anything is possible and that they can have a stake in their own futures – that they count. To serve as an empowerment tool, as well as help with English language proficiency and literacy.