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Locally Grown, Internationally Known

December 27th, 2015

Recent fundraising events in Saint Paul, Minnesota and Atlanta, Georgia have delivered over 66,000 high-quality books, computers, and other educational supplies to libraries and classrooms across the African continent!

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Books have enormous value, whatever the delivery mechanism

Patrick Plonski

Atlanta Blackstar

December 7th, 2015

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Saint Paul Helps to End the Book Famine in Africa

Maggie Kelly

Saint Paul Magazine

November 14th, 2015

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Different roads to success in Kenya and Sierra Leone

October 27th, 2015

 40 foot containers of BFA books have recently been delivered to Kisii University in Kenya and the Sierra Leone Book Trust.  Read more to learn about the different models these organizations used to successfully organize their container projects, and see feedback from recipients! Nelson Mandela said that "no country can really develop unless its citizens are educated," and this idea lies at the heart of BFA's mission.  By putting high quality educational materials into the hands of as many African learners as possible, we can help to empower the next generation of African leaders, and promote social and economic development across the African continent.

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