'Readcycled' and saved from going to landfill in the UK

Books processed and shipped to readers across Africa

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UK Registered Charity Number 1152599

  • Books2Africa UK
    Unit 2, Barton Business Park,
    New Dover Road,
    Canterbury, Kent, CT1 3AA
    United Kingdom
  • We are open for deliveries, volunteers and visitors on Mondays to Fridays, 9am – 5pm except on Bank Holidays.
We have made adjustments to our operational processes to be COVID-19 compliant. Click to learn more.

Special Thanks

Thanks to the following who have supported Books2Africa with donations of funds, products or services.
Universal Channel
Macmillan Education
Ninety
A & S Self Storage
Allan and Nesta Ferguson
Betterspace
Perlego
Brightpay
Clugton Technologies
Commonwealth Education Trust
Bookpath
Concilius
Convertize
Deals Daddy
Google
Grammarly
Gravity Forms
Gravity Wiz
Hootsuite
Keeptake
Kent Union
Kuros Associates
Philly and Friends
Pignatelli Foundation
TBN UK
Wristband Creation
Zapier
Zendesk
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Books To Africa International is a UK registered charity (1152599)
An organisation in special consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council since 2017.
Unit 2, Barton Business Park, Canterbury, CT1 3AA.
We do not store credit card details nor do we share financial details with any third parties.
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'Readcycled' and saved from going to landfill in the UK

Books processed and shipped to readers across Africa

1mbc

Shipping and delivering 1 million books every year
involves the following:

Volume
  • 20,000 books fit in 1 x 20ft container
  • 1,000,000 books fit in 50 x 20ft containers
  • 4 x 20ft containers shipped monthly
Costs
  • £5,000 to process, ship and clear each container of 20,000 books
  • £20,000 delivers 4 containers monthly
Fundraising Target
  • 2,000 individuals giving £10 or more monthly, or 50 corporate partners sponsoring 1 container per year. Thank you.

30%

Processing in the UK

30%

Freight from the UK

40%

Clearing and haulage in Africa

Books2Africa is a UK registered charity number 1152599