July 30th, 2012
Thanks to fantastic volunteers, Books For Africa has been able to ship over 27 million books to schools and libraries in 48 different African countries since 1988. In June of 2012 alone, more than 1,300 volunteers pitched in at our Atlanta warehouse to help sort and pack books. That is more volunteers in one month than we have had in nearly 25 years of shipping books! One fantastic group of Capella University students from the Atlanta, GA, region pitched in at our warehouse in July 2012. Watch the video to see how this stellar group helped BFA in our mission to end the book famine in Africa!
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July 17th, 2012
In the past year, BFA sent 205 containers of books to 22 different African nations. That means that more than 2.2 million books (worth more than $28 million) were shipped to people who are hungry to read and hungry to learn. That is more books than we have ever sent in a one year period! Among those books, fourteen law libraries were sent to law schools and legal groups in Africa through our special Jack Mason Law & Democracy Initiative.
July 10th, 2012
BFA is a regional finalist for: Charity of the Year & the Disaster & International Aid Award. The CLASSY Awards are the premier Non-Profit Awards in the United States.
June 15th, 2012
Support a local book shop and a local non-profit when you purchase I Am Because We Are, by Betty Press, at Common Good Books at their new Snelling Avenue location in St. Paul, MN. But hurry! Supplies are limited.
June 4th, 2012
Books For Africa has been honored with a Four-Star Rating from Charity Navigator for the sixth consecutive year. Charity Navigator is the nation’s largest evaluator of charities. They provide ratings for over 5,000 American charities based on Financial Health and Accountability and Transparency. Books For Africa is proud to be recognized for continuing to offer excellent services as one of the most highly rated organizations in the country.