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Young learners in a reading room in Sebetta, Ethiopia |
Our work would not be possible without the fantastic partnerships we have with the trusts and foundations who share our commitment to learning and development in poor countries. Support from our voluntary-sector partners forms the backbone of the funds we raise. We keep in close contact with trusts and foundations about the difference their donations make to reading and learning in Africa.
For further information please contact Jacqui Scott on 020 7733 3577 or by email.
The ways in which donations are used and the impact they make are carefully monitored and reported to all donors.
A few of our partnerships:
The Beit Trust supports the development of libraries in Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Through our partnership with them, rural and urban communities are reached through library networks in the three countries.
The Headley Trust generously funds our Women's Reading Clubs project with the Malawi National Library Service. Together, we have piloted three clubs in rural areas, with 60 women taking part. The project is helping to embed the women's newly acquired literacy by giving them access to the local-language books they request - including tailoring, business and fiction titles.
The ExPat Foundation is currently contributing towards our work in supporting learning for people of all ages in West Africa and the Horn of Africa. In 2006, their support enabled us to supply over 70 cases of as new books to libraries and schools.
The Sobell Trust is currently funding our provision of children's books to the Tamer Institute for Community Education in Palestine. Iman Ammus, the chief librarian at Tamer, describes the impact that Book Aid International materials made during a military curfew: “Reading became a form of stress relief and gave the readers a chance to do something productive while under curfew. It gave them the chance to free their imagination and escape their situation.”
Examples of how your donation can make a difference!
£320 could make available approximately 250 books for the Camel Mobile Library Service in Kenya. Books for nomadic children and adults are carried on the back of a camel which travels through the dry, hilly lands in the northern part of Kenya.
£3,200 could supply approximately 2,500 books and journals on health and nursing which will initiate a nurse training course at a district hospital in Cameroon.
£9,600 could provide 30 cases of relevant reading materials to refugee camps in Central and East Africa.