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Communities in Africa are getting the chance to become readers through a donation program across Charleston County School District classrooms and libraries.

Books For Africa recently delivered a shipment of books to Zimbabwe in partnership with the Rava Trust and the Phumulani Minnesota African Women Against Violence organization. The shipment was generously sponsored by BetterWorld Trust, Daniel McNaughton, the Rava Trust, and many other supporters of Phumulani and Rava Trust.

More than 100,000 books shipped to South Sudan have been unloaded and are in the hands of students.

Books For Africa Executive Director Patrick Plonski has been on a world tour, visiting partners in the UK, Qatar and Ethiopia. Read more about the partners he met with and potential future projects!

Iugoo San keeps busy! Among cooking, camping, mountain hiking, and reading, the father of two finds time to volunteer at Books For Africa once or twice a week, one of about 10,000 volunteers yearly at BFA.

BFA partner Sanitation and Literacy Ghana (SALG) has commissioned the Ashanti region's 20th community library, serving residents and pupils of the Afari Presby Basic School.