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BWB Fund in the Books for Africa Newsletter

Posted by admin on 07.16.2007 at 12:44 pm

Here’s a great article about the Better World Books Fund from Books for Africa’s most recent newsletter: Better World Books Fund Announced

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“The Books For Africa / Better World Books partnership continues to grow and grow! In early March, establishment of the Better World Books Fund of Books For Africa was announced at a special ceremony at the Better World Books warehouse in Indiana. The first check in the amount of $55,000 was formally presented. This revolving fund, providing $165,000 in each of fiscal years 2007 and 2008 (to defray shipping costs), will enable the shipping of well over 17 containers (600,000 books) to Africa in the coming fiscal year.

We are thrilled to be able to set up the Better World Books Fund with Books For Africa and provide a committed stream of funding for specific book shipments that our partners (student groups, libraries, corporate book drive sponsors, and the general public supporting us through their purchases on www.Betterworld.com) can help directly support and sponsor,” said Better World Books President and CEO, David Murphy. “Working closely with our supporters and Books For Africa, the Better World Books Fund will make a very immediate and significant impact by getting desperately needed books to more African children in more communities throughout the continent.”

If you’re a student, bookstore manager or faculty member currently involved with a BWB book drive and you’d like to help get books to a specific place in Africa, contact your Regional Director to learn more about getting involved with the BWB Fund.

The rest of the newsletter has some great articles on BFA’s first shipment to Chad, a shipment to Sudan, an article about a school receiving books in Ghana as well as recognition from Liberia’s General Consul and a U.S.-Kenyan Ambassador. Archived issues of BFA’s newsletter can be found in the newsletter section of the BFA website.

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Shipment to Kenya Sponsored by Better World Books Fund

Posted by admin on 07.03.2007 at 6:46 am

We just received this great email from Pat Plonski, the Executive Director of Books for Africa:

Subject: Container to Kenya
Hello -

I am pleased to inform you that a 40-foot container of textbooks left our St. Paul warehouse today bound for the port of Mombasa, Kenya for distribution in that area of Africa. Funding for a 20-foot container was provided for this container; BFA has utilized $1k from the Better World Books Fund to defray shipping costs of boosting this to a 40-foot container.

Thank you for this support of education in Kenya!
-Pat

This is just the first of a number of shipments that will be sponsored by the newly-formed Better World Books Fund – this 40-foot container holds about 35,000 books! Stay tuned for more BWB Fund updates.

Representing Friends and Alumni of KU at the ceremony were Dr. Leah Keino and Dr. Ebby Luvaga of Iowa State University, Dr. Jane Rose Njue of Northern Illinois University, Dr. Agnes Odinga of Hamline University, and Dorothy Rombo (faculty on study-leave from KU) of the University of Minnesota, who have all been actively involved in this project since October 2006. Also present were Wilfred Pere, and James Wakiaga, First Counsellor at the Kenyan Embassy.