ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½

A huge effort is taking place right now to get more than 5000 French-language books from Atlanta to the French-speaking country of Mali in West ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½. Volunteers are feverishly working and packing the books for shipping from their warehouse in Atlanta in hopes of helping the West ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½n nation get more books in the hands of its citizens. Real Times Media’s National News Director Mark Hayes sat down with the Executive Director of Books for ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½ for more insight on the mission and how the organization has grown.  

ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½ (BFA), with the help of the Honorary Consul for Mali in Georgia, students studying French and the French Organization Alliance Française in Minneapolis-St. Paul, have collected about 5,000 French-language books to ship to French-Speaking Mali in West ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½ in the next few days. They were collected in St. Paul, where ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½ is based, and in Atlanta, where the main warehouse is located and will be sent to Mali students. Like many ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½n countries, more than 60 percent of Mali’s 21 million people are under 25 years old. The French-language books are part of a shipment of 22,000 books being sent to Mali. The ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½ Atlanta warehouse is located in Marietta, GA and staff are now beginning to pack the French books.