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BFA Executive Director talks about ending the African Book Famine on KSTP (St. Paul, MN)

August 16th, 2012

More than 2 million books to 22 different African countries over the last year? Now that’s a milestone! Here, BFA Executive Director, Patrick Plonski, describes the great achievement of our biggest year yet on KSTP (St. Paul, MN) on August 5, 2012. Plonski talks about how BFA will end the book famine and the great work we have done so far.

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Books For Africa Executive Director featured on Huffington Post Impact Blog

August 9th, 2012

Patrick Plonski, BFA Executive Director, has another blog up on Huffington Post Impact! The Impact blog is running a special series on impending crisis in the Sahel. There is a real need for education and development in the region and BFA has delivered to a number of countries in the region since we were founded in 1989.

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African Development Center Business Breakfast Roundtable – August 16

August 2nd, 2012

ADC Business Breakfast Roundtable August 16, 2012 7:30-9:00 AM ADC Main Office 1931 South 5th Street Minneapolis, MN 612-333-4772 • 1-877-232-4775

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Power of a Book: BFA Photo Contest

August 2nd, 2012

Books For Africa wants to show the world the power of books, so we are holding a photo contest! Pictures should show a child or classroom in Africa that has a special connection to books - maybe they received BFA books, or maybe they are in desperate need of a school library.

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