“We are very poor but we are now rich with these books” were the words echoed by children at the Villarey Elementary school in Piat Cagayan. Through generous donations made possible by the Lakewood Elementary School in Sunnyvale, CA and several private donors, several hundred books made it’s way to this remote village where the nearest computer access is 2 hours away on dirt roads by tricycle. These English children’s reading books, once destined for landfill, have made their way to enrich the lives of children who as one child put it “travel to california through these books”.