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The goal of Operation Gusii Books 2 was simple: bring more books to Gusii community and Kisii County in Kenya. Thanks to a partnership between Minnesota Kenya International Development Association (MKIDA) and BFA, that goal was accomplished. In July, Kisii University College received 500 legal text books from BFA, through MKIDA and the University of Minnesota, along with enough books to fill the libraries of 57 primary schools in surrounding Kisii County.

More than 2 million books to 22 different African countries over the last year? Now that’s a milestone! Here, BFA Executive Director, Patrick Plonski, describes the great achievement of our biggest year yet on KSTP (St. Paul, MN) on August 5, 2012. Plonski talks about how BFA will end the book famine and the great work we have done so far.

Patrick Plonski, BFA Executive Director, has another blog up on Huffington Post Impact! The Impact blog is running a special series on impending crisis in the Sahel. There is a real need for education and development in the region and BFA has delivered to a number of countries in the region since we were founded in 1989.

ADC Business Breakfast Roundtable August 16, 2012 7:30-9:00 AM ADC Main Office 1931 South 5th Street Minneapolis, MN 612-333-4772 • 1-877-232-4775