Books For Africa

A simple name with a simple mission

Founded in 1988 by Tom Warth as a nonprofit organization, Books for Africa works

hardly for one goal: to end the book famine in Africa. Tom’s visit to an Ungandan

library, where books were almost nonexistent, inspired him to collect books from:

American schools, publishers and libraries to send to Africa.

Books for Africa sent over 34 million books to 49 different countries since 1988. Over

the past 12 months it sent 2.4 million books, 665 computers and 200 e-readers

containing 1.6 million digital books, as well as 5 new law and human rights libraries to

21 African countries. More than $2.3 million was raised last year to ship the books to

the students of Africa. Information obtained on the official website.

Why books?

As stated on the official website: “At Books For Africa, we believe that education is the great equalizer in the world, and books are at the foundation of a strong educational system. For many children in Africa, the gift of books truly is a gift of hope.”. So they choose to send books, because they believe that sending books they’ll contributing to education in Africa, and education changes the world.

How to donate?

Everyone can donate on the official website: https://www.booksforafrica.org/donate.html. There you have some options:

·         Donate founds: make a one-time or recurring gift;

·         Donate to a project: donate to a specific fundraising project in an particular African country;

·         Honor a friend with a gift: make a donation in honor of a friend or relative;

·         You can also mail a check, cash or money order to Books for Africa address.

When you donate, you will receive an automatic thank you letter. Your donation will defray high shipping costs and enable Books For Africa to ship even more books to people in Africa who are eager to read and learn.

“Make no mistake, there are hundreds and thousands of people [in Africa], young and old, who aspire to an education so that they can become their own agents of change and lead themselves out of the trap of poverty that has kept them down for much too long.” — His Excellency Welile Nhlapo, South African Ambassador to the U.S.