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BFA Releases 2021 Annual Report Documenting the Shipment of 3.1 million Books to 28 African Countries

February 23rd, 2022

Books For Africa has released its FY 2021 Annual Report! Check out the news, success stories, and a selection of curated photo highlights from recipients.

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BFA Publishing Initiative Partners with Ethiopian Printer to Print 25,000 Amharic- and Oromo-language Books

February 16th, 2022

Books For Africa is pleased to announce its exciting latest project under the BFA publishing initiative: books in Amharic and Oromo that are being custom-printed in Ethiopia!

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Books For Africa Showcases Recipient Photos in 2021 Photo Contest

February 15th, 2022

Books For Africa recently closed its 2021 photo contest and is pleased to showcase some amazing photos sent by book recipients from across the continent.

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1.4 Million Books to Zimbabwe and Counting: The Zambezi Schoolbook Project Partnership with BFA Keeps Delivering

February 3rd, 2022

Claude and Barbara Mayfield have been working with Books For Africa to bring books to rural Zimbabwe since 2012. Through leveraging high-level funding opportunities, this partnership has brought 1.4 million books and counting to the children of Zimbabwe!

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Books For Africa Partners with MoneyGram to get Books to Kids in Ghana

January 28th, 2022

Back in August of 2021, Books For Africa worked with MoneyGram to fund a 40-foot container of books for Global Kids Organisation (GKO) in Ghana, and recently heard back with feedback and photos from the distribution!

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Students in California Collect Over 3,100 Books For African Recipients

January 12th, 2022

The KnowledgeSeed Foundation, a high school student organization based in California, set out a goal in 2021 to collect 1,600 books that they would ship to the BFA warehouse in Marietta, GA, for donation to stock the shelves of African schools and libraries. They not only met their goal, but exceeded it, with over 3,100 books donated so far.

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