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ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½ welcomed His Excellency Lazarus Amayo, Ambassador of Kenya to the U.S., at a luncheon Friday at St. Paul’s University Club, which was also attended by Congresswoman Betty McCollum. The luncheon celebrated BFA being named a preferred partner of the Department of Defense Humanitarian Assistance Program.

ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½ recently welcomed a group of 24 young ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½n leaders from 15 countries across the continent to our warehouse in St. Paul, Minnesota, where they met with BFA staff and board members and helped sort and pack books.

His Excellency Frédéric Edem Hegbe, Ambassador of Togo to the U.S., recently visited the ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½ warehouse in Marietta, Georgia.

On June 30, ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½ concluded its third-most-successful fiscal year to date, shipping over 3.2 million books to 27 countries in ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½.

A delegation of ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½ leadership recently travelled to Washington to attend the annual BFA Summit Society Reception, meetings with ambassadors, State Department officials, senators, representatives, and top donors.

ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½ was pleased to host Her Excellency Hajia Alima Mahama, Ambassador of Ghana to the U.S., and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, at its annual fundraiser event on June 8th in St. Paul.