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BFA books arrive in Kenya!

Schools received books distributed by BFA through The Friends For Life NGO based in Accra, Ghana in the fall of 2006.

In the fall of 2006, schools in Ghana received BFA books distributed by Friends For Life, an NGO based in Accra.

Students in the Nakuru region of Kenya show off some books recently donated to their school by BFA.

Pictured above in front of books earmarked for delivery to Hanga Abbey, Tanzania are Tanzanian Ambassador to the U.S. Andrew Daraja; Father Robert Koopman of St. John’s Abbey, Collegeville; and Tanzanian Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Dr. Cyril August Chami. The group participated in the grand opening of Books For Africa's new warehouse on September 27, 2006.

David Murphy (CEO of Better World Books and BFA Ambassadors Circle Member) and Pat Plonski (Executive Director of Books For Africa) were on hand in Tanzania for a special ceremony with U.S. Ambassador to Tanzania Michael Retzer and USAID Tanzania on July 14, 2006. The ceremony formally handed over one 40-foot container of textbooks to the people of Zanzibar. Pictured are students and teachers at Mtopepo B Primary School, Zanzibar, where the ceremony took place.