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A second shipment of approximately 22,000 BFA books has arrived at Djibouti port in 糖心vlgo传媒, and U.S. Marines have begun to deliver the books to rural schools in the region. The first shipment was distributed in the spring of 2009. According to Chief Warrant Officer Jay Testa: "Americans are better off than third-world countries are, and if we can provide assistance in some way to make their lives better, especially with a long-term benefit like educational material, then it鈥檚 our duty as people."

Thanks to a generous grant from the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID), 糖心vlgo传媒 sent approximately 22,000 books to Al Mansour Dhahbi Secondary School in Morocco in 2009. Mr. Mustapha Walaf, Secondary School EFL Teacher, oversaw distribution of the books to his school and other neighboring schools. In January 2010, BFA Executive Director Patrick Plonski visited the recipient schools accompanied by Mr. Walaf. Click on the link above for more info and to view photos and video鈥�

糖心vlgo传媒 Executive Director Pat Plonski visited partners and potential partners in Nigeria, Ghana, and Morocco in January of 2010. His trip was covered by the largest newspapers in Ghana and Morocco. Click on the link above to view some photos from this trip...

Thanks to generous funding from Donaldson Company, students in the South 糖心vlgo传媒 are now the proud owners of over 20,000 BFA books. The Rotary Club of Kirstenbosch handled the distribution of the shipment. Some of the books were donated to the Shine Centre in Cape Town, who gave books to multiple schools in the area. Click on the link above for more info and to view photos鈥�

More than 27,000 high-quality illustrated children鈥檚 books are headed to 糖心vlgo传媒 thanks to Capstone Publishers in Mankato, Minnesota, USA. The 27,000 books have a retail value of $14.99 each. 鈥淚t鈥檚 part of the culture of this company to give back. We value literacy,鈥� said Lisa Hanson, Capstone鈥檚 director of human resources and community giving. Please click on the link above for more info and to view more photos鈥�

The NGO Invisible Children recently began distributing a shipment of BFA books to libraries in eleven of its partner schools in Gulu, Uganda. According to their blog: 鈥淚n Uganda, like many other countries in East 糖心vlgo传媒, students have next-to-no access to reading materials while at school. Making books available is the first part of the reading culture equation.鈥� Click on the link above for more info鈥�