The Diocese of Karonga, Malawi
With the project, we have supplied the schools with books such that now both teachers and learners have access to the books which is aiding the teaching and learning processes. This is already strengthening a reading culture.
Concilius AG supports Books2Africa’s 1 Million Book Club
Every year CONCILIUS donates to a non-profit project supporting access to education on a national and international basis. This year we decided to donate to Books2africa to support and share their amazing work and vision.
Back to School Initiative, Nigeria
The headmistress and headmasters of the schools complained that parents are unable to procure or pay for the textbooks provided by the government. Most times students were sent out of class for not having the required textbooks. this act was a great concern that our intervention helped the community to ameliorate. Literacy level in the community has improved as students are able to assess a variety of books provided free of charge.
Tadero Mwanza, Tanzania
The books we received from Books2Africa helped many teachers and staff much more, because now they can prepare their lessons for other students
Lockdown II – Books2Africa is staying open
Following the UK government’s announcement of another 4-week lockdown from Thursday, 5th November to Wednesday, 3 December 2020 to control the rapid spread of the coronavirus, Books2Africa can confirm that we will stay open during this period. Courier collections and shipments, processing of donated items at our Canterbury processing centre and remote working will continue […]
ECRAD Community Schools, Malawi
Before having these books, our teachers had to walk 10km away from the school in search of a library but at a fee. This time, no hassles. Books are readily available.
We have re-opened! Read our COVID-19 Risk Assessment
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 effective June 2020 Key points effective July 2020 Following the most recent government advise regarding COVID-19, we are updating our risk assessment accordingly. Our priority remains ensuring our team members […]
Books2Africa’s statement on COVID-19
As the number of confirmed cases and deaths from Coronavirus in the UK continues to be monitored, we continue to implement measures to ensure the safety of our staff and volunteers during this pandemic. However, there is a need to keep up the great work in order to continue meeting our charitable objectives. We would […]
Milestone Academy, Tanzania
We have seen improvements in all aspect of the language, plus children have developed a tendency of reading books and this has helped them improve their creativity and vocabulary.
Book donations – Boosting the capacities of academic libraries.
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