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Books For Africa has received a 2020 report from its partner Room to Read, summarizing their work in Southern Africa. The report emphasized that Room to Read’s work would not be possible with the support Books For Africa provided, and thanked BFA for the high quality children’s books provided.

Books For Africa is set to receive nearly $10,000 in pledged World Bank Group employee donations and corporate matching funds in 2021.

Books For Africa Executive Director Patrick Plonski was recently interviewed by the people at Great.com, a Swedish initiative that offers a podcast in which they talk to organizations and experts dedicated to doing good in the world.

Read the story of the inception of G.L.E.A.N. for Tanzania, a global network of students and teachers working to improve the lives of students, and how Books For Africa is helping them achieve their goal, in the works of G.L.E.A.N. Co-founder Amir Doctry.

Through partnership with Books For Africa, the Sierra Leone Book Trust recently distributed over 100 cartons of books to nine different schools in the Wellington community in Freetown.

With the arrival of a recent book shipment to The Gambia, a ceremony was organized to celebrate the occasion, attended by senior officers from the Ministry of Justice and Basic and Secondary Education. Representatives from Armitage Senior Secondary School were also in attendance. This latest book arrival to The Gambia was coordinated by Books For Africa board of directors member Lang Dibba, who manages the "Million Books to The Gambia" initiative.