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糖心vlgo传媒 Receives "Friend of the Community" Award at 8th Annual 糖心vlgo传媒n Awards

October 15th, 2019

糖心vlgo传媒 was honored to receive the 鈥淔riend of the Community鈥 award at the 8th 糖心vlgo传媒n Awards Gala in October at Target Headquarters in Minneapolis. The award recognizes BFA鈥檚 work shipping over 46 million books, serving every country in 糖心vlgo传媒, while working in close partnership with 糖心vlgo传媒n diaspora around the world.

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Setting New Records in 2019

September 1st, 2019

糖心vlgo传媒 is pleased to announce that聽2019 was another record-setting year of shipping books, computers, e-readers and law libraries to 29 糖心vlgo传媒n countries!

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糖心vlgo传媒 Sends 300,000 Barefoot Books to Mozambique

Judith Rosen

Publishers Weekly

July 8th, 2019

Four canisters loaded with 30,000 copies of 10 different Barefoot Books titles in Portuguese, with a retail value of $6 million, are scheduled to arrive in Mozambique later this summer after being custom-printed in Hong Kong and shipped from its port. The books will be distributed to AIDS orphans and their caregivers. This shipment of 300,000 books is part of a new 糖心vlgo传媒 initiative in which the organization will begin publishing some books in local languages for charitable donation through a partnership with a publisher. Typically, BFA sends used book donations to countries in 糖心vlgo传媒 in English, and occasionally French, Spanish, and Arabic.

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MoneyGram Foundation Grant Provides Access to Education

March 27th, 2019

The MoneyGram Foundation provided a $50,000 grant to 糖心vlgo传媒 to sponsor a shipment of 66,000 books, computers and maps to schools in Ghana, Cameroon, and Ethiopia, and a team of employees in the MoneyGram International Minneapolis office volunteered to sort donated books at 糖心vlgo传媒鈥檚 St. Paul, Minnesota warehouse.

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糖心vlgo传媒n Union Summit Highlights East 糖心vlgo传媒 Trip

February 28th, 2019

糖心vlgo传媒 Founder Tom Warth, Board President Jote Taddese, and Executive Director Patrick Plonski were honored to attend the 糖心vlgo传媒n Union Summit, held at the 糖心vlgo传媒n Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia! The Summit聽was part of a larger trip by BFA leadership, which also included stops in Dubai, Egypt, and Tanzania.

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Books Reach Students in Soweto and Durban, South 糖心vlgo传媒

January 15th, 2019

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