Books For Africa remains the largest shipper of donated text and library books to the African continent, shipping over 60 million books to all 55 countries on the African continent since 1988. In fiscal year 2023 alone, Books For Africa shipped approximately 4,029,000 books, valued at over $32.6 million, to 32 African countries, the most books ever shipped by Books For Africa in a single year. Approximately 800,000 digital books were also shipped on 116 computers and 150 tablets. Over $2.6 million was raised to ship these books to partners across Africa.
To learn more about groups currently fundraising to ship books to specific African countries, view the Projects page.
To learn more about the Girls Empowerment Collections, BFA Publishing, Law & Democracy Initiative, Agricultural Libraries, or French Books view the Special Initiatives page
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
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BFA Volunteer Superstar: Shelly Kacergis
Books For Africa relies on thousands of volunteers to handle the sorting and packaging of a variety of books. Among our amazing volunteers, Shelly Kacergis's passion and dedication stand out; Shelly has donated over 500 hours of her time to BFA!. A resident of Atlanta for thirty-two years and a retired community bank employee, she enjoys hands-on volunteer work in addition to financially…
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Books For Africa Shipment Lands in Nigeria, Distributed by Ovie of the Agbarha-Otor Kingdom
Books For Africa was pleased to complete a shipment of books to Nigeria that was the result of a partnership stemming from 2022! Check out the presentation ceremony to the Ovie (King) of Agbarha-Otor Kingdom.
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Books For Africa Supplies French Books to Togo with Child2Child
Books For Africa's most recent shipment with Child2Child included a special initiative to get French books to Togo. Read more about it in Child2Child's latest online booklet!
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15 Containers of Books For Africa Books Sponsored by U.S. Department of Defense Land in Africa
Books For Africa is pleased to have received confirmation that over 390,000 books shipped to three different partners in Nigeria, South Sudan, and Kenya have landed and been distributed. These books, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense Funded Transportation Program, were shipped between June and November of last year.
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Atlanta woman sends 45,000 books to children in her native Congo
Niclette Mundabi of Atlanta wanted to do something special for her 35th birthday. Instead of receiving presents, she decided to give books—thousands of books—to children in her native country, the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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