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Nigeria

Oaks View International College

"Since the assembly of the library the students have made the library their favorite place in the school which is an exciting prospect as one of the big goals of the school is to open the minds of the students through helping them to make reading a habit."

20 Aug 2015

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Summary
Books received

1,024 books

Students benefiting

664

Teachers benefiting

15

Community benefiting

Ibadan

Project coordinator

David Igbalajobi

Feedback on donated books received
Condition of books received

Very Good (5/5)

Relevance of books for students

Very Useful (3/3)

Relevance of books for teachers

Very Useful (3/3)

Are books equivalent to the ones received, available to purchase locally?

No

Average cost per book if equivalent books were to be purchased locally

£10

Cost effectiveness
Project cost (Processing and shipping fees)

£500

Average cost per book for processing and shipping donated books to this project

£0.50 per book

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Why Books2Africa
Make Impact
Make a significant impact as an individual or organisation by helping to fund the shipment and delivery of one million books to students and teachers across Africa every year.
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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 (ECOSOC) 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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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