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Books For Africa’s 50 Millionth Book Virtual Global Celebration was a resounding success! The Global Celebration raised over $403,000, enough to sponsor over 806,000 books to Africa.

Friend of BFA Rania Benromdhane used her time during the pandemic productively, running a club at her school in support of Books For Africa’s mission! Her work and interest in supporting BFA was recently featured in the “24 Hours of Harvard” program, put on by Harvard’s Office of the Vice Provost of International Affairs. Check out the section on Rania starting at 1:42:50!

Books For Africa recently partnered with UPS for a project that resulted in nine containers being shipped to the African continent! UPS donated freight for the effort, which sent a warehouse's worth of books from North Carolina to the continent.

In 2013, a BFA-supported library project was launched in the town of Nedjo, in the Oromia region of Ethiopia. BFA recently received a report reflection nearly half a million library visits in the seven-year period since!

Books For Africa has been awarded its ninth consecutive 4-star rating by Charity Navigator. This is the highest possible ranking, and reflects BFA’s commitment to transparency and accountability.

Books For Africa supporters were honored to be hosted by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison on Tuesday, August 25, at his Minnesota State Capitol office.