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Donate your computers and technology in 3 easy steps

Step 1

Securely package your laptops, desktops and technology into cardboard boxes and scroll down to arrange a collection from your address or schedule a date to drop-off at our Processing Centre in Canterbury. Write your booking reference number on all your boxes.

Step 2

At our Processing Centre, our Tech Team check and refurbish your items in line with Microsoft Refurbisher standards. All data on devices are securely wiped and we issue you an e-certificate of data wipe. Suitable devices are shipped to projects in Africa while others are sent to our charity shop.

Step 3

When your devices arrive in Africa, they are distributed to students and teachers to supplement their teaching and learning needs. We also publish detailed impact reports on our website when received from our projects.

Tech We Accept

Books2Africa is Microsoft Third Party Refurbisher (TPR). We accept new or used laptops, Desktops, Monitors/Flat Screen TVs, Projectors, Tablets, Smart Phones and Game Consoles.

  • Laptops (Windows, Macs, Linux)
  • Desktops (Windows, Macs, Linux, Servers)
  • Monitors, Flat Screen TVs and accessories
  • Digital Projectors
  • Tablets and Smart Phones (Apple, Android, e-readers)
  • Game Consoles and accessories (All platforms)
  • Damaged beyond repair
  • Printers, CRT Monitors, iCloud locked devices

Other Educational Resources We Accept

We also accept new or used books in English, French or any African language

  • Nursery, Primary, Secondary and University textbooks
  • Dictionaries, Encyclopaedias and Reference books
  • Novels, Hobbies and Leisure books
  • Bibles, Hymnals and Religious books
  • Notebooks and Exercise books (not written in)
  • Comics
  • Damaged or illegible books
  • Magazines, brochures, photocopied resources, lecture notes or pornography

Shoes

  • New or Used, with second pair
  • Trainers and casual shoes
  • Smart and sports shoes
  • Badly damaged shoes
  • No clothes please

Sports Gear

  • New or Used
  • Balls, Boots, Shin pads, Kit
  • Football, Basketball & Tennis
  • No clothes please! Kit only
  • Badly damaged items

Bags

  • New or Used
  • Backpacks and Rucksacks
  • Duffel bags and suitcases
  • Damaged beyond repair
  • Shopping bags

Toys and Games

  • Lego and educational toys
  • Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo
  • Accessories and games
  • Damaged or missing parts
  • Sharp objects

Package Your Items

  • Package your technology and items into cardboard boxes
  • Use any strong cardboard box or Buy Online
  • Each box can weigh up to 20 kg Maximum (approx 30 books)
  • Remove your iCloud account from Apple products before donating
  • Secure each box with suffficient tape

Books2Africa is a UK registered charity (1152599) and a Microsoft Registered Third Party Refurbisher

Arrange a Collection

  • Our couriers can collect within 48 hours
  • From any address within the UK
  • Get a Tracking Reference after booking
  • £8 per box (Upto 20kg max per box) to cover courier costs
  • Free for Books2Africa Monthly Donors
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Arrange to Drop-Off

  • Drop-off/deliver your items to us
  • 1 Drop-off location currently in Canterbury
  • Get a Tracking Reference after booking
  • Contact us if sending more than 50 boxes to get approval for items being sent
  • Free
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We have made adjustments to our processes to be COVID-19 compliant. Click to learn more.

What happens after you donate your technology?

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Thanks to all our donors including

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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.
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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.

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Processing in the UK

30%

Freight from the UK

40%

Clearing and haulage in Africa

Books2Africa is a UK registered charity number 1152599