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ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½ hosted in Minnesota last week H.E. Constance’s Gaspar, Ambassador from ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½n Union to the U.S., and H.E. Agostinho Van-Dunem, Ambassador from Angola to the U.S. ÌýBoth spoke at our annual fundraiser. Ìý

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HerÌýExcellencyÌýConstancia A.ÌýGaspar, Ambassador of theÌýÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½n UnionÌýto the United States,Ìýspoke on theÌýcritical importance of books toÌýbuilding futures, saying:Ìý

HerÌýExcellencyÌýConstancia A.ÌýGaspar, Ambassador of theÌýÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½n UnionÌýto the United States,Ìýspoke on theÌýcritical importance of books toÌýbuilding futures, saying:Ìý

"ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½ would not have achieved its current progress without the invaluable support of generous partners and organizations such as Books for ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½. Organizations such as Books for ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½ continue to play an indispensable role in addressing the acute shortage of educational materials by supplying millions of books to schools, libraries, and universities across the continent. I am particularly pleased that your donations are tailored to the specific needs of recipient institutions. This innovative and responsive approach enables beneficiaries to access books that are often unavailable or prohibitively expensiveÌýlocally."Ìý

Click here to read full remarks made from Ambassador Gaspar:Ìý

Additionally, we had Success Story speaker, Laura Winkel, CEO of Libraries For Kids International give a wonderful presentation andÌýwas later presented with the Kilimanjaro Award.

We were pleased to have them update our ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½ community about issues and trends in Angola, and across the ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½n continent. ÌýWe look forward to continued collaboration in the future with these ambassadors to ship more books to Angola, and across ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½. We raised over $191,000 to ship more books to ÌÇÐÄvlgo´«Ã½. Thank you our sponsors:ÌýThomson Reuters, Frank Babka, Dan & Linda Melin, The Stillman Family Foundation, RBC, MGK, Lerner Publishing, In-Kind Sponsor, Modern Press and to all of our donors who helped to make this happen!

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