Books2Africa’s statement on COVID-19

As the number of confirmed cases and deaths from Coronavirus in the UK continues to be monitored, we continue to implement measures to ensure the safety of our staff and volunteers during this pandemic. However, there is a need to keep up the great work in order to continue meeting our charitable objectives. We would […]

A small business wanting to make a big impact⁠—Keeptake

Keeptake are a company with two big goals; one is to help people make their memories everlasting and the other is to use business as a way to bring positive change to the world. Their first step towards these goals is through a ten year guided journal called My Life in Chapters. For every My […]

Books2Africa’s statement at the 34th ECOSOC High level Segment 2019 General Debate

The meeting of the high-level political forum (HLPF) on sustainable development in 2019 convened under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council, was held from Tuesday, 9 July, to Thursday, 18 July 2019; including the three-day ministerial meeting of the forum from Tuesday, 16 July, to Thursday, 18 July 2019. The theme was “Empowering […]

Volunteer educational trip to Ghana

We all agree that we had a very valuable, eventful and memorable trip which we were lucky to be part of. Spending time in Accra and especially Keta with the schools and students was very useful, insightful and enriching. We were looked after extremely well and always felt included, involved and part of the family […]

“Emergency Outfit”

I was recently invited to read this poem at a very special event, in Canterbury, held on the 22nd of June 2019, which happened to be the second annual National Windrush Day, an unexpected and not inappropriate coincidence!  Before reading the poem, I congratulated the dynamic Books2Africa team and their dedicated helpers and supporters in […]

“I hate reading” – How to get young people reading again

Most of the students at this UK school openly admitted; “I hate reading”, “It’s boring”, “there are more interesting things to do” and “If books were like Netflix”. To be honest, I can relate to them. If I was born in this generation, I would probably say the same thing.