Day 26- Knowledge is Power

Knowledge is power, compassion is giving. 

I was searching on the Internet for ways to donate or re-use some of my older college textbooks.  Most of them I've sold if possible, but lots of others lingered.  Amazingly, there is a fantastic organization close by in Smyrna...  Books for Africa!

About Books For Africa

The mission of Books For Africa is to end the book famine in Africa. With your help, we will help create a culture of literacy and provide the tools of empowerment to the next generation of parents, teachers, and leaders in Africa.

Books donated by publishers, schools, libraries, individuals, and organizations are sorted and packed by volunteers who carefully choose books that are age and subject appropriate. We send good books, enough books for a whole class to use.

They are shipped in sea containers paid for by contributions from people like you. It costs about 50 cents to send a book from the United States to Africa. Since 1988, Books For Africa has shipped more than 24 million books to 45 African countries. They are on once-empty library shelves, in classrooms in rural schools, and in the hands of children who have never before held a book. Each book will be read over and over again. When the books arrive, they go to those who need them most: children who are hungry to read, hungry to learn, hungry to explore the world in ways that only books make possible. 



When we arrived at the warehouse, we found one person working and one person loading all the books.  This warehouse is massive!  They were very excited to get all my college texts, because those are the ones that can be used to educate future teachers, and social study majors.  I was so happy to donate these, and hope that if you have textbooks, or any other books for that matter, that you will take them to Books for Africa.  They can also be mailed, as well as dropped off at a few other locations.

For more info, please visit, www.booksforafrica.org

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