Donate Books

 

Help Others Learn How To Read

 
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Are your favorite books all shelved and unused? Would you like to bring a bit of joy to other kids and students? Send your own books to one of our Bookfeeding Projects of your choice! You can also drop them off at one of our collection points.

Sending or donating your books is a great way to directly empower children through education. This easy and rewarding task can have a profound and lasting impact on our small library communities!

 
 
 

Follow These Steps:

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Choose books that you think will be appropriate for the project. Books to include are:

  • educational and fictional resources for children aged 2-18 years, preferably children books

  • story books

  • novels

  • language textbooks

  • encyclopaedias

  • Novels and books for adults are also welcome

  • We also welcome books for older readers, especially books focusing on agriculture, bee-keeping, small business or other useful technical and life skills

PLEASE DO NOT INCLUDE any books of a religious, political, erotic or magical nature due to cultural differences.

 

AT THE MOMENT, DUE TO HIGH TRANSPORTATION PRICES, WE DO NOT COLLECT BOOKS AS IT IS MORE EXPENSIVE TO SEND THEM THAN TO BUY THEM LOCALLY. wHEN THE SITUATION CHANGES, WE WILL INFORM YOU HERE AND ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA.

 

You can still send the books directly to the library and help us to reduce shipping costs and to increase the libraries choice of books. Just follow the instructions below.

 
 

If You Want To Send The Books Directly To A Library:

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  • Pack them up! All you need is a proper carton box, a marker, scissors and parcel tape.

    • Choose which project you want to support with your books and write their address in CAPITAL letters on the box. Each library has its address written on their profile. Just click on OUR LIBRARIES and make your pick.

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  • Add this text: HUMANITARIAN AID FROM (insert your country). NO COMMERCIAL VALUE. NOT FOR RESALE. Feel free to add a nice personal message and a return address! The children will be more than happy to send you a Thank You postcard!

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  • Bring your package to the post office and send it via surface mail. Make sure the Postal Service knows it is PRINTED MATERIALS as this usually converts to a cheaper rate. Some post offices send printed materials in cotton bags which are then transported by ship. The shipment can take up to a few months but it is less expensive.

 

Or Just Go BIG!

Do you want to do something big? Why not create your own book collection point? Spread the word among your family and friends, your colleagues or schoolmates! Many will surely have some great books to donate! You can place some boxes in your local libraries and kindergartens and explain what the project is about. Previously for example, we had schools participating in a book collection as part of their geography class about Africa. So, you can be creative when collecting books. And we can always add your location to our collection points map. This way more people can find out about it and donate books or money for the postage!

Once everything is set up, contact a shipment company in your area. Companies that are already shipping something to Africa will often have some more space for books in their container. You can then ship the books for free or at a favourable price. In case you cannot find anybody willing to help, get an estimate on the price and amount of books and organize a fundraiser! The price for shipping a pallet or two is not significantly higher than sending just a few boxes. Imagine what a big difference you could make!