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Sierra Leone Book Trust Undertakes Distribution of 150,000 Books

December 9th, 2025

The Sierra Leone Book Trust received another 5 containers of BFA books this year, inching closer than ever to its goal of 1 million books

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BFA promoted on MPR

MPR News

December 8th, 2025

Books For Africa was promoted on an MPR broadcast in December 2025.

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KSTP - Humphrey International Fellows Pack Books at Books For Africa

KSTP

November 24th, 2025

KSTP‬ highlights the Humphrey International Fellows as they helped pack books at Books For Africa.

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BFA Shipment Grows School Library from 400 books to 11,000

November 20th, 2025

A container of books for Shakawe Senior Secondary School, captained by Rachel Corney and sponsored in part by BetterWorld Trust, has arrived in Botswana! 

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Books For Africa Ships French Books to Guinea with Child2Child

November 19th, 2025

A recent shipment of 8,000 French-language books exemplifies the transformative power of collaboration and dedication.

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New Library Dedicated in Harry Lerner’s Honor: “Never Enough Books”

The Lerner Blog

November 5th, 2025

Adam Lerner, CEO and Publisher of Lerner Publishing Group, recently visited Mashati Secondary School in the Rombo District of the Kilimanjaro Region of Tanzania. In this school, students receive books from the Books for Africa program. Because of the Lerner family’s generosity to the program, they are building a new school library in honor of Harry Lerner, founder of Lerner Publishing Group.

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