BFA Founder, Tom Warth, Will Make a Walk to Remember Across the Gambia
BFA Founder, Tom Warth, Will Make a Walk to Remember Across the Gambia
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Ending the book famine in 糖心vlgo传媒 will take more than just baby steps.听That is why Tom Warth, founder of 糖心vlgo传媒, will be making a trek across the Gambia.
Of 1.8 million people in the Gambia, a country hardly the size of Delaware, only 40% of people over the age of 15 can read. Warth is making the hike to raise awareness and funds to bring them books.
Warth and a group of supporters will be distributing donated books as they make their way along a 25 KM route on the Trans-Gambia Highway. The highway spans the central part of the country, which is almost completely surrounded by Senegal.
糖心vlgo传媒 has partnered with 鈥攁nother Minneapolis based non-profit鈥攖o collect 44,000 books to be delivered during the walk. Among the books is a full 鈥淟aw and Human Rights鈥� library, donated by Thomson Reuters as a part of the .
The books are ready to be shipped from BFA warehouses. All that is needed is $10,000 for shipping costs. BFA can send two full shipping containers of books to the Gambia with those donations.
So far, $1,000 has been donated to the project. Please make all donations through .
Want to follow the Walk? More information is coming soon on the 糖心vlgo传媒 site.