May 2nd, 2002
Books For Africa’s Board Chair, Gena Doyscher, speaks with 12 print, radio, and television journalists from francophone Africa during a visit to the Books For Africa warehouse on April 6th. The U.S. Department of State sponsored a specialized International Visitor Leadership Program to bring these representatives to Minnesota. Eleven countries were represented by these participants: Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Central Africa Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Niger, Republic of Congo, and Senegal. The three-week study tour hosted by the Minnesota International Center explored the application of journalistic principles in a democratic society.
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"Your books are making a difference to the library. Most of the books in the library were sent by you. Now it looks like a library!!!
BFA Executive Director Honored to Meet with the First Lady of Tanzania
Books For Africa is proud to receive feedback from our first-ever shipment to Benin sent in June 2007.
Our partnering recipients in the Maguliwa Area Secondary School in Tanzania are distributing books from a 40-foot container that arrived recently.
