It is no news that there is a book famine in most parts of the African continent – a dire situation where books are not
Dear supporters and team members, Following the UK government’s announcement of another 4-week lockdown from Thursday 5th November to Wednesday 3 December 2020 to control
In preparation for a phased re-opening of our UK processing centre, we have now conducted and published the results of our Risk Assessment. Key points
Dear Supporters, As the number of confirmed cases and deaths from Coronavirus in the UK continues to be monitored, we continue to implement measures to
Although book donation programmes do not address the infrastructural problems facing many institutions in Africa, they deliver hard copy books to millions who are hungry to learn – and learning is ultimately what is most important
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
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
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
Introductory Remarks I was recently invited to read this poem at a very special event, in Canterbury, held on the 22nd of June 2019, which
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.
Tukongote is a community project run by the Waterberry Lodge in southwest Zambia. Over the past 3 years, Waterberry have built three school buildings to
research suggests, as you would expect, that volunteering increases one’s wellbeing, but what the research went on to reveal was that often only those people who already have positive wellbeing are willing to put themselves forward to volunteer
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Books2Africa’s UK Processing Centre is still open during the lockdown and we are still accepting donated items and shipping to Africa. You can still donate or request resources as usual. We’ve also launched our Personal Study Kit to help with home schooling across Africa.
Shipping and delivering 1 million books every year
involves the following:
Processing in the UK
Freight from the UK
Clearing and haulage in Africa
Books2Africa is a UK registered charity number 1152599
