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Books For Africa Board Member and Minnesota resident Lilian Otieno recently visited her alma mater in Kenya, where she joined the First Lady of Migori County for a ceremony distributing 22 boxes of books to Manyatta Secondary School. The event was part of a larger five-container shipment of 125,000 donated books to Kenyan schools and communities, made possible through partners including Giving Hands Nonprofit, BetterWorld Trust, and other generous sponsors.

Books For Africa has completed its tenth consecutive year of enhanced post-shipment feedback surveys! The FY25 survey found that recipients unanimously rate BFA books as useful and of high quality. On average, recipients deemed 98% of the books they received relevant, and over three-quarters of recipients' report seeing increased library use since receiving BFA books!

Books For Africa's 2025 Fall Newsletter is officially here! Take a look inside...

Books For Africa board members Erin Bagniewski and Tammie Follett recently visited Nyakabaare Primary School in Rwampara District, Southwestern Uganda.

On September 20, 2025 Tom Warth led a fundraising climb of Barn Bluff in Red Wing, Minnesota.  It was a great day and the event was a big success.  Approximately 30 people participated in the event, and approximately $14,000 was raised to ship books to Uganda.

Books For Africa partnered with BetterWorld Trust and the Ghana Book Trust to deliver 18,000 books to schools, libraries, and orphanages in Ghana. Together, they have provided more than 590,000 books over the past eight years to expand access to education.