We hate waste but love education.
Donate books and computers from anywhere in the UK, and we'll give them new life in the hands of someone in Africa. Become a sponsor to fund the journey of 1 million books and 1 thousand computers every year. Every shipment improves reading, learning and teaching. We also run The Africa Stand to support African and Black authors.
Books2Africa is a UK-registered charity (1152599) based in Canterbury, Kent and a charity in consultative status with the UN working on SDG 4 and SDG 12. Four African students founded the charity in 2012 at the University of Kent. Today, a team of paid staff and volunteers process donated items at our Processing Centre in Canterbury, a large warehouse where we receive more than 40,000 donated items every month. Our goal is to collect, process and ship 1 million books and 1 thousand computers every year, reducing waste and improving education. We call this "readcycling". Join us by donating resources or becoming a sponsor.
Learn more about usSince 2012, Books2Africa has shipped 4,389,334 books and 509 computers to schools, libraries and communities in 25 African countries, saving 2,197,212 kilos from landfill. We developed an inventory management system called Curiosity to catalogue and track every donated item's journey, from the donor in the UK to the beneficiary in Africa.
Updated 20 October 2026.
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Books and computers are donated, your gift pays to sort, ship, and deliver them. Every pound goes into our 1 Million Books Fund, which needs £200,000 a year.
Sends about 300 books a year.
A reading club's first library.
Stocks a classroom or small school library.
Libraries for about 5 schools.
Libraries for about 10 schools – our best value per book.
We try our best to get your order to you as soon as possible. After dispatch, our standard delivery (Royal Mail First Class) typically arrives the next day in the UK (but can take up to 7 days), in 6 days to the EU and 10 days worldwide. It is important to note that delivery times are out of our control, as we do not deliver the goods ourselves.
If the error is ours, we will reprint free of charge. If the error is yours, we will reprint for 25% of the original amount. If we have sent you the wrong size garment, we will absolutely remake it for you in the right size when you return it.
The guidance measurements given next to the shirts are supposed to represent what size person they fit. They are not the actual measurements of the garment itself, which naturally need to be larger than the person they are designed to fit.
Firstly, please ignore the washing instructions in the garment itself. These are for blank garments and not printed ones.
Wash your shirts at 40 degrees or less. Iron on reverse (cool). Do not tumble dry.
Whilst Royal Mail normally deliver all first class post within 1-2 working days, they can on occasion take longer. In the unlikely event that your goods do not arrive, allow 7 days before calling us. We cannot authorise any remakes before this time has passed as Royal Mail have been known to deliver within this time.
However, if you paid to have Express delivery, contact us immediately as we can provide you with the tracking reference to chase it with the carrier.
