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BFA warehouse manager Brad Mattson explains book sorting and shipping activities to a Liberian delegation touring the warehouse on May 2nd. The delegation discussed a collaborative proposal to ship large quantities of textbooks to Liberia on the heels of the recent election of Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, a Harvard-educated banker sworn in as ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½â€™s first female president. Alexander P. Gbayee, Liberia’s consul general, as well as representatives of Better World Books and the Liberian Literacy Foundation, joined in the day’s discussions about how best to combine efforts.

ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½ was invited to present to the ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½n diplomatic corps of the United Nations at ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½n Union offices in New York City on March 13, 2006. The agenda for the day included a presentation by ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½ regarding its activities, and a presentation by Dr. Jeffrey Sachs on Millennium Project goals. Pictured above with BFA Executive Director Pat Plonski (left) is Sivu Maqungo, Minister Counselor of South ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½ to the United Nations. His Excellency Maqungo chaired the day’s session at the ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½n Union.

The ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½ delegation to Tanzania conducted school visits in February of 2006.

Girl scouts from the Expo Elementary School in St. Paul, Minnesota show off some of the books they donated for shipment to children in ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½.

Dear Pat and Ibibia, I am delighted to inform you that as scheduled last Friday 25 November 2005, we commissioned at the Nigerian Society of Engineers in Port Harcourt, Nigeria our library and center project that is part of the Jon Postel’s IT centers programme that we started in 1992.

ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½ was pleased to host a delegation of ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½n journalists visiting under the auspices of the U.S. Department of State's International Visitor Leadership Program and the Minnesota International Center. Members of the delegation interacted with BFA staff regarding literacy trends in ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½, and how to improve book distribution systems. Countries represented in the delegation included Burkina Faso, The Gambia, Ghana, Lesotho, Nigeria, Senegal, and Zimbabwe.