Support the african library project and help us donate masks in the bay area. Other donors send cash or send regular monthly donations. Book donations imported through a variety of agencies and organizations occupies a historic place in francophone africa, and has contributed to an omnipresence of the products by northern publishers. Large dropoffs two or more pallets of book donations must be scheduled ahead of. Founded in 1988, books for africa bfa is a minnesota based nonprofit organization whose mission is to eliminate the book famine in africa. Give a monthly or oneoff donation of as much as you. No matter how big or small, your donations are needed and appreciated. Libraries usually accept donations and sell those books in a friends of the library fundraiser.
Book aid international 3941 coldharbour lane camberwell, london se5 9nr phone. Where to donate books you no longer need book riot. Our partners throughout africa are waiting for books. Africana librarians council alc book donations committee. Whether we are distributing books to school children, introducing medical strategies to combat the spread of hivaids, supporting small businesses for women, or finding new approaches to protect endangered elephants and lions, aid for. Effective today, we are suspending our collection service for book donations by members of the public in the uk. This guide provides information on some of the groups and organizations that do handle book donations including donations of used books if you are seeking book donations, you may be eligible to apply for donations from the groups listedor one of. Book donations as of march 24, 2020, all book donations to the reach out and read colorado office and to our partner clinics will be suspended until further notice due to concerns around covid19. Each book delivered opens doors for an african learner.
Book aid international is the uks leading international book donation and library development charity. The african library project changes lives book by book by starting libraries in africa. Books are sold online to help raise funds for awesome nonprofit literacy organizations changing the world through teaching kids, supporting families, building schools and filling libraries. Our mission is to promote education and literacy while broadening americans understanding of their neighbors, which we achieve by annually sending more than 300,000 books to schools, libraries, churches, and peace. International book donations american society of hand. By combining donations from shipping companies, local rotary funding, and rotary international matching grants, over 1. We are continuing strong support to the district 9300 efforts in southern africa because many of the southern african countries are relatively new countries. Children and adults in africa are hungry to read, hungry to learn. While large scale donations of containerloads of books can be effective, the asa is trying to fill a perceived gap by increasing the number of small to mediumsized projects that focus on specific.
And because of grant funds, your gift will have 7x the impact to provide emergency food, clean water, access to lifesaving medical care, and more to children and families fighting for their lives. Our vision is a world where everyone has access to the books that will enrich, improve and change their lives. Whether its donating educational material to campus libraries in kenya or. We are still accepting donations of books to be sent to africa, as well as. Donate to the east africa hunger crisis world vision. Cameroon, eritrea, ethiopia, kenya, malawi, namibia, occupied palestinian territories, south. When your books arrive in africa, they are distributed to students and teachers in need. We believe that postsecondary students should be able to learn from highquality material, regardless of their geographic or economic status.
They collect donations of funds and books to establish highly accessible libraries to help people in africa. Although this will affect our book donation numbers, it would reduce the workload on our paid staff who continue to work during this difficult period to ensure the charity remains operational. Please click here to view the december 2019 issue of our mission cry magazine. This is also a book donating organization that distributes free books to africa and other third world countries through the lubuto library project. Consider making a financial donation to cover the costs of shipping the books you donate. Books for africa remains the largest shipper of donated text and library books to the african continent, shipping over 48 million books to all 55 countries on the african continent since 1988. Yet a severe book famine often stands in their way. Your book and electronic donations make a difference.
Instead of throwing out your old books or recycling them, donate them so they can be read and enjoyed again. Your gift to the east africa hunger crisis will help save precious lives in somalia, south sudan, ethiopia, and kenya. Books for africa, room to read, national center for family literacy and world fund. Better world books donations benefit one of four main nonprofit partners. They appreciate receiving a thank you note with a picture of the library or institution. Book studies, bible dictionaries, bible encyclopedias, commentaries, concordances, harmonies, and other theologicalbiblical based books. With the emphasis on literacy in rotary, our rotary books for the world project is an easy and natural service project for clubs to adopt around the world. Become a monthly donor to join our 1 million book club and help us put 1 million books in the hands of students in africa. We believe education is key to developing young minds. Local libraries give us so many books for freelets give some back to them. To support the important work of one of these groups, please send your books, postage paid, to the address below making sure to indicate which of our partners you want your donation to. Please consider joining mission cry in our semiannual bible drive. If you are interested in donating books to countries overseas, there are.
Schools, workplace and community groups collect thousands of books all year long through book drives to donate to the childrens book bank. Aid for africa is a unique partnership of some 85 select nonprofits, all dedicated to solving the complex, interrelated challenges facing sub saharan africa. The childrens book bank depends on donations of new and gentlyused childrens books from the community to support all of our programming both at our berkeley storefront and across toronto. This section gives you a brief overview of possible book donation agencies. Scolma is grateful to hans zell and raphael thierry for choosing to publish their full length study of book donation programmes in africa in our pages. Book donation programmes revisited read african books. Books for africa are the largest shipper of donated textbooks to the african. Please be aware that the american library association does not accept, distribute, or coordinate donations of books or any other materials. Textbooks for change donate used textbooks to create an. Your used books make a big difference in the lives of america s veterans and their families. It is not possible to directly contact book aid international for book donations, but a list of local partners is available for ngos to contact for benefiting from this programme. While largescale donations of containerloads of books can be effective, the asa is trying to fill a perceived gap by increasing the number of small to mediumsized projects that focus on specific. Call bookstores, libraries and schoolsor stop by in personand ask for donations of. Book donation programs should reflect a partnership between institutions in africa and the us with a liaison contact from each institution.
Since its founding in 1988, books for africa has shipped more than 27 million textbooks and library books to 48 african countries. For information on how to donate books within the united states, please visit the book donation site. Recently, the way was made possible to receive online donations. If youre in chicago, schedule a book donations pickup, and well do all the heavy lifting for you. Book aid international is a small charity located in the united kingdom that offers free books to organizations in africa and palestine. Types of books needed christian literature for africa. Just click the schedule a pickup button below, choose a date for your donation pickup, leave your clearly labeled donations outside on the day you choose, and our driver will pick up your donation rain or shine. They also welcome donations of illustrated childrens books. Contact book publishing companies by phone, letter or email and request donations of surplus stock. Book aid for africa enabling possiblities through provision of.
Together, we can send 1 million books annually by joining our book club. School and families buy books for fun and education. Book aid is complex, problematic, and sometimes controversial, but the literature and research on book donation programmes for africa is surprisingly scant. Darien book aid plan will send a postcard informing you of the date of the transportation. Textbooks for change provides affordable and accessible educational material to students both locally and across the globe. Linguistic imbalance in book donations to africa beyond niamey. Too far away from our local pickup service or campus book drives.
Not only do your book donations through pick up please support us veterans, they also support reading in general. As the uks leading agency in book provision and library support for developing countries, book aid focuses on subsaharan africa, working with partner organizations across 12 countries. General book donation organizations are listed first, followed by regional book donation organizations. For the past 25 years, retiring pastors, laymen, and churches donate boxes of books that are sent or driven to cla. Rotary books for the world answering literacy needs. Please write a letter or an email to apply for book donations with the following information. Proceeds from their stores are used to fund adult rehabilitation centers, where those in the grip of addiction find help, hope, and a second chance at life. If youre feeling generous, donating your used books can be a great way to find them a loving home.
At least some book donation programs in africa have taken steps to address this imbalance by including materials in african languages, and. The international book project ibp is a registered 501 c3 notforprofit organization, founded by harriet van meter in 1966, which has sent more than 7 million books abroad. You can help change the future of our veterans and their families. Bookfriends international is a 501c3 nonprofit organization committed to helping educate students in secondary schools in africa by providing books, supporting educational materials and services. Bfa does not send books to individual schools andor libraries. Book aid international promotes literacy in developing countries by creating reading and learning opportunities. The publishers global online directory lists contact information for more than 5,000 presses worldwide. Quality bookseller with free shipping that donates a book for every book sold books donated.
Donate used textbooks, like law books or medical books, so that students in a tight financial situation can keep up with their studies. Meanwhile african publishers output is usually limited to perhaps 10% of the books stocked and available for sale in local bookshops. In particular there are only a very small number of papers or studies written. We accept book donations, and then send those books to our bible schools across africa. Directory of book donation programs university at albany. Please send financial donations separately in an envelope to the bfa office. Books2africa is a uk charity that collects and sends donated books to increase the quality of education in africa by helping individuals and communities to access, read, and understand books, and to extend the life and impact of books by decreasing book waste and increasing book readcycling. Donate your books and educational resources in 3 easy steps. You can donate books at several locations in your city, including. You can make a secure online donation with a debit or credit card, or mail a check or money order to. It manages its book donation programme through local partners in some countries. Bookfriends international book donations secondary. International donation and shipment of books about ala.