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OCTOBER IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH
It’s October 2021, and it’s the month we remember our African brothers and sisters who need our help in so many ways, including the supply of good quality books. With rising shipping costs from the UK due to Brexit, we need generous donations to enable us to continue shipping books to Africa. Thank you for …
World Book Day 2021
THURSDAY, 4TH MARCH 2021. Every year, World Book Day is celebrated in the UK on the first Thursday in March. It’s a day set aside to encourage reading. The question, however, is “how can children in Africa be expected to read if they don’t have books?” This is where Book Aid for Africa comes in. …
FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF BOOK AID FOR AFRICA
MOZAMBIQUE: FROM BAFA WITH LOVE
Following a meeting held in London between BAFA and the Mozambique High Commissioner, thousands of books were dispatched to Mozambique by BAFA. The much – welcomed resource will be used in schools and in post-compulsory education.
BOOKS SHIPPED TO AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES
The pictures of journals from the shipment we made being unpacked at the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS), in Biriwa, Ghana
VOLUNTEERS FROM SUNDERLAND UNIVERSITY
CHRISTMAS FAYRE AT WASHINGTON
STUDENTS FROM ASHTON PARK SCHOOL FACILITATE SENDING BOOKS TO TANZANIA
In 2015, a couple of teachers along with a few students from Ashton Park School drove all the way from South of England to Sunderland to collect books. Every summer they go over to a remote village in Tanzania to help the community build a school. After they finished building the library, books were needed. BAFA ...
NIGERIA: INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE, IBEFUN, OGUN STATE
The Plus In October 2011 BAFA shipped a container full of books to Ibefun’s International College. The initiative was launched by retired Chartered Accountant Pa Babatunde Taiwo who set up his own school. The sleepy, border village of Ibefun suffers from poverty and low-quality education and the College’s mission is to provide a quality education to its pupils. ...