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“Language Should Not Be a Barrier to Good Health:” Books For Africa Sends Swahili Women’s Health Book to Tanzania

November 21st, 2023

Books For Africa recently partnered with sponsor Greg Davis, the Pastoral Women Council, and Emanyata School to get a shipment of books to Loliondo, Tanzania. This shipment included a Girls Empowerment Collection and a special add-on of a Swahili-language maternal and women’s health book!

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Books For Africa Fall Newsletter: Transforming Lives

November 7th, 2023

Read about Books For Africa's 35th anniversary gala, get updates on projects in Malawi and South Sudan, and more!

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Books For Africa Hosts Peace Corps Director Carol Spahn

November 3rd, 2023

Books For Africa was honored to host Peace Corps Director Carol Spahn in Minnesota on Friday, November 3rd, 2023, for discussions at the MINN Summit, and at a Books For Africa reception hosted by Thomson Reuters and Humphrey School Dean Nisha Botchwey.

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InterContinental Hotels Group Employees Discover the Power of Books For Africa

October 20th, 2023

Three groups of volunteers from International Hotel Group (IHG), a total of 36 people on three shifts, sorted books in Books For Africa's Georgia warehouse. Read more about their experience, and why they found the volunteer work so rewarding!

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Books For Africa Gets Positive Feedback from 2023 Recipients and Kenyan Visitors

October 17th, 2023

At Books For Africa, we have just concluded our eighth year in a row of enhanced post-shipment feedback surveys! Check out the 2023 results infographic to see what our recipients had to say, and read about more feedback from some recent Kenyan visitors.

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Books For Africa 35th Anniversary Gala: A Book For Every Child

October 2nd, 2023

Books For Africa’s 35th Anniversary Gala on Wednesday, September 13, at the Depot at the Renaissance Hotel in Minneapolis, was an inspiring and highly successful event attended by more than 350 supporters from around the country and around the world!

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