Success Stories Archive

BFA Doubles Warehouse Capacity in Atlanta

Books For Africa is pleased to announce that we have doubled our book-processing capacity at our Atlanta warehouse. With our new and improved warehouse space, BFA will be more ready than ever to ship even more books, computers and other educational materials to students in Africa. Patrick Plonski, executive director of BFA, and BFA founder, Tom Warth, traveled to Atlanta to celebrate the warehouse expansion from January 31 and February 1. The two were all smiles as they observed just how many more books will be ready to ship from the new space.

The Course Hero Knowledge Drive passes 35,000 books donated to Books for Africa. Plans to send representative to Gambia in February!

The Course Hero Knowledge Drive has recently reached a new milestone – 35,000+ books donated to children abroad since its creation in November of 2010. Established in partnership with Books for Africa, the Course Hero Knowledge Drive is founded upon a simple premise: for every 10 academic documents a student contributes to Course Hero, 1 book will be donated to Books for Africa. This movement allows Course Hero to add to the powerful social learning community and resources they provide to students around the world, while simultaneously giving children in Africa the gift of education and the ability to attain a better quality of life.

New York Giants Player Prince Amukamara Offers Chance To Win Tickets and More in a Super Bowl Raffle to Benefit Books For Africa and IFESH

Prince Amukamara, the rookie cornerback of the Super Bowl-bound New York Giants, is giving sports fans everywhere a chance to win Super Bowl tickets while supporting St. Paul-based Books For Africa and Arizona-based IFESH (International Foundation for Education and Self-Help).

BFA Founder, Tom Warth, Will Make a Walk to Remember Across the Gambia

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 Team Meets with U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria

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.

The Sir Emeka Offor Foundation Signs $400,000 MOU with BFA to Distribute 32 Containers of Books Throughout 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...

Kofi Annan and Walter Mondale Promote Literacy to Support the Rule of Law in Africa

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...

Books For Africa Rated in Top 4% of Charities by Charity Navigator

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 Celebrates Shipment of 25 Million Books to Africa at Warehouse Events

Books For Africa recently reached a new milestone—25 million books sent to children in 46 African countries since 1988. Books For Africa supporters celebrated by sorting and packing books at the two BFA warehouses in celebration of International Literacy Day on September 8, 2011. In addition, more than 200 Books For Africa supporters and volunteers gathered for a South African-style braai (barbecue) at the BFA Minnesota warehouse on Saturday, September 17. Click on the link above for more info and photos...

Books For Africa Tours Warehouse of Key Partner Better World Books

BFA Executive Director Pat Plonski and Board President Tom Gitaa were in South Bend, Indiana, in early September touring the Better World Books warehouse and meeting the staff to say thanks for all of the great support BWB has provided over the years. Better World Books is our largest single donor and our largest provider of university books. Thank you, Better World Books!

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In Kenya, we were in a small village and the students had a wonderful school. They were eager to learn. They had motivated teachers, but they didn’t have any books in the school. They had no library. And so, imagine how proud I was to open up this box of shiny new encyclopedias and dictionaries from Books For Africa. They want more of your books. They can’t wait. They can’t get enough of these books.
— U.S. Congressman Keith Ellison (MN)

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