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Educating people, protecting the environment

Books2Africa is a UK registered charity (1152599) that promotes ‘readcycling’ and improves the quality of education in Africa by collecting, processing, shipping and distributing quality donated books, computers and educational materials that would otherwise go to landfill. Instead, these materials equip institutions and community libraries and enable individuals to acquire knowledge and achieve their full potential in a globalised world.

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Impact Reports

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Vernon Freyer
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Imelda Lynch and Geraldine Damanhuri
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Life for Relief and Development
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Frank Annor Dompreh
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Geoff Johnson
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Imelda Lynch and Geraldine Damanhuri
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Ugbede Samuel Amedu
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Hooke Court Malawi

Sponsor A Shipment

Our strategic objective is to readcycle and distribute 1 million books and 1 thousand computers every year.

Through our 80/20 fundraising model, our overhead costs (e.g. rent, business rates, utility bills, insurance, equipment costs and marketing) are funded from selling up to 20% of donated books and resources via our online Charity Shop. This means that every penny you donate goes directly towards the cost of processing and shipping the remaining 80% of donated books and resources to individuals, institutions and communities across Africa.

Impact Tracking

Thanks to our proprietary software called Books2Africa Curiosity, we provide every book donor access to a personal Impact Dashboard where they can view a detailed record of all their donated books including their status and location, the beneficiaries of each book and any impact photos uploaded by the recipient of the book.

We also collect and share Impact Photos, Videos, Stories and Reports with our supporters on our website, social media platforms and Impact Newsletter

News and Updates

Blog / Impact Story

Written by

Lengdung Tungchamma
Blog / Press Release

Written by

Gicho Ma
Blog / Opinion

Written by

Lengdung Tungchamma
Blog / Opinion

Written by

Lengdung Tungchamma

Why 'readcycling' is better than recycling

At Books2Africa, our ‘readcycling’ model is designed to extend the life of educational materials by preventing perfectly usable materials such as book and computers from going to recycling/landfill sites in the UK.

Our model complements the UK government’s waste strategy of reducing how much waste ends up in recycling/landfill sites, as well as the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals 4 (Quality Education) and 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production).

books readcycled
and shipped to Africa

computers refurbished
and shipped to Africa