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Hello & Welcome to the Books for Africa fundraiser! It is a simple name for an organization with a simple mission. Based in Atlanta, Georgia they collect, ship & distribute books to students of all ages in the 55 countries on the African Continent.
Did you know that pretty much every major epidemic, crisis, and world problem can stem back to poverty? Did you know that poverty can be overcome through education?
BOOKS EDUCATE READERS - READERS BECOME LEADERS
THAT is what our drive is ALL about. Changing one life at a time, that leads to community change, country change, continent change - - - WORLD CHANGE!!
Books for Africa was started in 1988 by a man named Tom Warth. Tom was a man from Minnesota who sold books. He was vacationing in Africa when he stopped into a Library. There was a librarian, tables, book shelves but virtually NO books. He came home, got a few of his fellow book friends together and sent a shipment of books over to Africa. 30 years later his vision to help educate and excite the children of Africa is still going strong.
This is from a teacher from an elementary school in Namibia:
“Though there are no chairs or tables in our library, and only a ragged carpet on a cement floor, the children line up outside, waiting anxiously for me to open every afternoon, excited to look through and read, yet again, the same book they read yesterday."
The students receiving these book donates love being able to read about what it is like an America. One student said:
"The more you get to read the books of America, you get to discover what really America is. You get to know the culture, the history of America. A girl in an America high-school, going to a University is something we can't relate to here"
There are at least 370 MILLION children living in Africa today. Without your help, many will never have access to books. Without your help, another generation of African children will grow up without books. Please help Books For Africa give the priceless gift of learning to children in Africa.
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