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UK Registered Charity No 1152599

Join hands with Books2Africa as a monthly donor, fundraiser or corporate sponsor to raise and donate funds towards the cost of shipping 1 million books to students, teachers and communities across Africa every year!

Who can get involved?

  • Individuals
  • Schools
  • Universities
  • Publishers
  • Charities/NGOs
  • Trusts/Foundations
  • Private companies

Box of
20 books

  • Monthly donation of
    £10 per month to cover cost of processing and shipping a box of books every month.
Donate Monthly

Personal
Study Kit

  • One off donation of
    £300 to cover cost of processing and shipping a box including a laptop, tablet, 10-20 books, stationery and a solar reading light, door-to-door to any address in Africa via DHL.
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Now

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Pallet of
1,000 books

  • One off donation of
    £500 (£0.50 per book) to cover cost of processing and shipping to port in Africa, or £1,000 (£1 per book) to door including cost of clearing, haulage and destination charges.
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Container of
20,000 books

  • One off donation of
    £5,000 (£0.25 per book) to cover cost of processing and shipping to port in Africa, or £7,000 (£0.35 per book) to door including cost of clearing, haulage and destination charges.
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Container of
40,000 books

  • One off donation of
    £8,000 (£0.20 per book) to cover cost of processing and shipping to port in Africa, or £10,000 (£0.25 per book) to door including cost of clearing, haulage and destination charges.
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When you fund a shipment

Step 1 – Processing

Our team of staff and volunteers check, catalogue and sort donated books into categories.

Step 2 – Shipping

When funding is received, we load and ship the relevant books required to be shipped by sea.

Step 3 – Offloading

Upon arrival, the receiver (or our Distribution Centre) clears the books through customs before offloading.

Step 4 – Distribution

The books are distributed to students, teachers and communities in need. Their impact reports are published online.

Individuals

Our individual members commit to a monthly financial donation of £5 or more which funds the cost of shipping books from our Processing Centre in the UK to our Distribution Centres across Africa, where they are made available to students, teachers and communities in need.

Individual members get free monthly collections from their address, allowing them to send us donated books and educational materials on a regular basis. 

Organisations

Our organisational members commit to raising/donating money to fund the cost of shipping books to Africa annually. They can add us to their list of supported charities, request our Contactless Donation Device for their premises or organise an annual fundraising/book drive event, especially around World Book Day. Publishers can also commit to donate their excess stock of books to us.

Organisational members get a Club Badge they can display on their website to demonstrate their Corporate Social Responsibility and impact. 

“The effect [of donated books] is so great, especially for the kids who are from the villages. They will come in and read books. Sometimes they can’t read but they will open pages and see pictures, and just get excited to have this place. For us, we have times when we come here and study, and also research for our own teaching. And just for amusement! For me, I will just come, sit there in the corner and read. I like reading fiction: horror and also romance books.”
Edward
EdwardPreschool Teacher, Zambia
  • Sponsors Wall
Special thanks to the following amazing organisations

Kent Union

Books2Africa started as a student society at the University of Kent in 2012 and received a start-up fund from Kent Union

A&S Self Storage

More than 11,000 books were collected in the first year and A&S provided discounted storage, enabling us move the operation off campus and become a registered charity.

Google For Nonprofits

After becoming a registered charity, Books2Africa was accepted on the Google For Non Profits programme, receiving free digital advertising that spread the word across the UK and beyond.

Clugton Technologies

The charity has benefited from thousands of pounds worth of web design and development from Clugton, enabling us run an efficient information and communications technology infrastructure.

Universal Channel Africa

As part of the launch of Season 2 of TV show The Librarians, Universal Channel ran a TV campaign that raised £12,000 to fund our first container shipments of books to Africa.

Ninety Consulting

With a business model committed to donating 90% of their profits to charity, Ninety Consulting started funding container shipments of books in 2015

TBN UK

TBN UK aired a 30 second video about Books2Africa for several weeks on their newly launched faith and family TV channel, free of charge!

Macmillan Education

For 175 years Macmillan has built lasting relationships with teachers and educators around the world. in 2016, they started donating books to the charity and funding container shipments.

Wristband Creation

This California based company provided free customised wristbands used as part of Books2Africa's fundraising materials.

Commonwealth Education Trust

As a charity with a shared purpose of advancing education across the Commonwealth is shared, the CET decided to fund a shipment.

Zendesk Chat

Books2Africa receives a 100% charitable discount from Zendesk Chat, a toll that takes away the stress from Customer Service.

Gravity Forms

Books2Africa received a 35% charitable discount from Gravity Forms, the "Easiest Tool to Create Advanced Forms for Your Website".

Zapier

Books2Africa received a 100% charitable discount from Zapier, the "best way to Connect Your Apps and Automate Workflows".

Convertize

Books2Africa receives 100% of profits from the sale of Smart Persuasion, a book by digital marketing company Convertize.

BrightPay

Books2Africa receives a 100% charitable discount from BrightPay, "payroll software that makes managing payroll quick and easy".

Gravity Wiz

Books2Africa receives a 50% charitable discount from Gravity Wiz, a company dedicated to providing awesome Gravity Forms resources in the form of snippets, tutorials and plugins.

Hootsuite

Books2Africa receives a 50% charitable discount from Hootsuite, a social media management platform created to help people connect on social media and do amazing things together.
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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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  • We are still open!

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.

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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