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Books For Africa. A simple name for an organization with a simple mission. We collect, sort, ship, and distribute books to children in Africa. Our goal: to end the book famine in Africa.
Books For Africa is the world’s largest shipper of donated books to the African continent. Since 1988, Books For Africa has shipped over 24 million high-quality text and library books to children and adults in 46 African countries. Millions more are needed.
It costs $9,800 to send a sea container to most major sea ports of books and computers to Africa. Your donation will enable Books For Africa to send even more books to children in Africa who are hungry to read, hungry to learn.
To learn more about groups currently fundraising to ship books to specific African countries, view the Projects page>>
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Ending the book famine in Africa will take more than just baby steps. That is why Tom Warth, founder of Books For Africa, will be making a trek across the Gambia. Of 1.8 million people in the Gambia, a country hardly the size of Delaware, only 40% of people over the age of 15 can read. Warth is making the hike to raise awareness and funds to bring them books. Click on the link above for more info
Books For Africa Executive Director Pat Plonski, board member Mike Essien, and members of the IFESH team (International Foundation for Education & Self-Help) met with U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria Terence McCulley at the U.S. Embassy in Abuja, Nigeria, on October 22, 2010, to discuss collaboration on advancing education in Nigeria.
BFA Executive Director Pat Plonski and Board Member Mike Essien were in Abuja, Nigeria, recently where they signed off on a $400,000 Memorandum of Understanding with the Sir Emeka Offor Foundation to ship 32 containers of BFA books to Nigeria in the months ahead. Click on the link above for more info and photos...
Here is a link to a recent op-ed piece, “Promoting Literacy to Support the Rule of Law,” by former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and former U.S. Vice President Walter Mondale, co-chairs of BFA’s Jack Mason Law & Democracy Initiative. This op-ed is on the Kofi Annan Foundation website and has appeared in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and the Minnesota Public Radio Online News. Click on the link above for more info...
It is our honor to inform you that Books For Africa recently received a fifth consecutive 4-star rating from Charity Navigator for sound fiscal management and commitment to accountability and transparency. According to Charity Navigator CEO Ken Berger, "Only 4% of the charities we rate have received at least 5 consecutive 4-star evaluations, indicating that Books For Africa outperforms most other charities in America." Click on the link above for more info...
Books For Africa is a simple idea, but its impact is transformative. For us, literacy is quite simply the bridge from misery to hope.
— Kofi Annan, former U.N. Secretary-General
Books For Africa has earned its 5th consecutive 4-star rating for its ability to efficiently manage and grow its finances. Only 4% of the charities we rate have received at least 5 consecutive 4-star evaluations, indicating that Books For Africa consistently executes its mission in a fiscally responsible way and outperforms most other charities in America.
— Charity Navigator, 2011
