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Give to the Max Day Benefits Sembabule

March 2nd, 2020

Give to the Max Day makes good on its goal!  Thanks to the generous support of our donors on Give to the Max Day last November, a container of books recently arrived in Sembabule, central Uganda, to be distributed at a pair of schools.

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Books Distributed in Banjul

February 27th, 2020

A 40-foot container of reference books recently arrived in Banjul, The Gambia, and was distributed to the Banjul National Library as well as schools across the city.

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Ghana Community Celebrates Book Arrival

February 14th, 2020

Check out the video of the celebration in Ghana when books from our latest shipment of 36,000 arrived in the Ellembelle district!

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Luanne Nyberg Girls Empowerment Fund

February 3rd, 2020

Books For Africa (BFA) has established the Luanne Nyberg Girls Empowerment Fund in honor of our late, great former board president, Kilimanjaro Society donor, and friend.

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Supporting Vulnerable Youth in South Africa

February 3rd, 2020

FHI 360's Capacity Development and Support (CDS) Program has been hard at work distributing a BFA shipment of about 40,000 books to vulnerable youth across five provinces in South Africa.  The books have been used to establish libraries, play centers and resource centers and to improve school resources for young people up to age 24.

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Book Recipients Report Positive Feedback for 2019

January 29th, 2020

The results are in! BFA has collected feedback from recipients in 14 countries for 2019, and the results comprehensively indicate that BFA books are of high quality and are useful to recipients.

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