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ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½ Board Members come from a wide variety of professional and cultural backgrounds, and are integral to BFA’s ongoing development and growth. In a blog post for Lerner Publishing, current Board President-Elect Joni Sussman discusses connecting her background in children's publishing with BFA's mission on a trip to South ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½.

ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½ Founder Tom Warth, Board President Jote Taddese, and Executive Director Patrick Plonski were honored to attend the ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½n Union Summit, held at the ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½n Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia! The Summit was part of a larger trip by BFA leadership, which also included stops in Dubai, Egypt, and Tanzania.

ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½ is excited to share the results of our recently completed photo contest! We received fantastic photo submissions from across the ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½n continent; our thanks to our partners for sharing their work with us. This year's winning photo was submitted by our friends from TESOL International Association in Libya, whose photo will be featured in our upcoming annual report!

Last summer we were pleased to host a group from the MN Orchestra at our Minnesota warehouse, where they helped unveil two beautiful Little Free Libraries to be included in a BFA container shipment to South ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½.  These books have now been delivered and distributed, and are contributing to educational opportunity for students in Soweto, South ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½.  T

ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½ founder Tom Warth is organizing a fundraiser to ship books to Zimbabwe!  Tom plans to hike Eagle Mountain, the highest elevation in Minnesota at 2,301 feet.  This will take place Sunday, May 26, 2019  Participants will combine fundraising efforts, with a $12,000 goal to fully fund a 40 foot ocean container of books to be distributed to schools across Zimbabwe.

Around the world, Thomson Reuters engages in efforts to strengthen the rule of law and help democratic values flourish, even in places where progress in these areas can be dishearteningly slow.  For the past ten years, Thomson Reuters has been helping ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½â€™s emerging democracies build the foundation for a civil society through its work with the non-profit groups Lawyers Without Borders and ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½.