Animation for Sikh Audio Story Series

SikhNet is a non profit organization the provides free educational services geared towards Sikh (particularly youth). One of the services which we offer is audio stories ( [login to view URL] ) and we are looking to take this section to the next level by producing a new series that tells stories, but is in video/animation form. Our goal is to produce 1-2 episodes per month for the next 12 months. Typically our stories are 5-10 minutes so time would vary depending on the story. We have a tight budget so are trying to weigh the options of animation style since there are many ways you can do it from simple pan/zoom of illustrations using video all the way to full animation. IMPORTANT: If you are interested in this project please be sure to respond and include samples of animation work that you have done. Please also list what software tools you use to illustrate/animate.