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In the fall of 2006, schools in Ghana received BFA books distributed by Friends For Life, an NGO based in Accra.

Students in the Nakuru region of Kenya show off some books recently donated to their school by BFA.

Pictured above in front of books earmarked for delivery to Hanga Abbey, Tanzania are Tanzanian Ambassador to the U.S. Andrew Daraja; Father Robert Koopman of St. John’s Abbey, Collegeville; and Tanzanian Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Dr. Cyril August Chami. The group participated in the grand opening of ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½'s new warehouse on September 27, 2006.

David Murphy (CEO of Better World Books and BFA Ambassadors Circle Member) and Pat Plonski (Executive Director of ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½) were on hand in Tanzania for a special ceremony with U.S. Ambassador to Tanzania Michael Retzer and USAID Tanzania on July 14, 2006. The ceremony formally handed over one 40-foot container of textbooks to the people of Zanzibar. Pictured are students and teachers at Mtopepo B Primary School, Zanzibar, where the ceremony took place.

A ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½ delegation visited the Eshowe region of Kwazulu Natal in South ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½ in October to inspect the distribution of approximately 100,000 textbooks by the Rotary Club of Eshowe. The ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½ delegation visited schools throughout the region, including schools that have received books and schools still waiting for book deliveries.

MONROVIA, Liberia — ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½, a US-based private charity, in partnership with the US Agency for International Development (USAID), Mercy Corps and the UN World Food Programme (WFP), announces the latest installment of books in an innovative drive that is delivering hundreds of thousands of books to ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½n schools.