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Radiating a World-Class Education Throughout Somaliland with BFA Books
Posted on October 27, 2010 at 07:35:18 PM by mb4

Radiating a World-Class Education Throughout Somaliland with BFA Books

When a sea container of over 20,000 BFA books arrived at their school in late 2009, leaders at Abaarso Tech filled the shelves of their newly built library in pursuit of their goal to educate Somaliland’s most promising youth. In hopes of serving the especially deprived rural population, Abaarso Tech also donated many boxes of books to a couple of schools in Erigavo, a remote, nomadic area in the far eastern region of the country, as well as to a school in Gebilay, on the far west side of Somaliland.

Lastly, they gave some BFA books to a women’s organization and a school in nearby Abaarso Village, a small, rural community with no resources, no water, no medical care, no electricity, and little education. Students from Abaarso Tech teach English and math to primary students in the village every day, and use BFA books in these classes on a regular basis. n

BFABooks For Africa is the world’s largest shipper of donated text and library books to the African continent. Since 1988, Books For Africa has shipped over 22.5 million books to 45 African countries. Our mission is to end the book famine in Africa. Spring 2010 Newsletter
Buy new and used books at Better World Books, or run a book drive on
your campus, and help BFA! www.booksforafrica.org/index/bwb.html
“The BFA shipment has an incredible assortment of books. The books have allowed students to research what they are learning in class on their own, and have helped enable us to develop a reading culture in school.”

—Kiette Tucker, Abaarso Tech in Somaliland
Above: Sihaam (left), a secondary student at Abaarso Tech in Somaliland, reads some BFA books to children at Abaarso Village school. Below: Every afternoon, a group of secondary students from Abaarso Tech teach English and math to the primary school students at Abaarso Village school. They use BFA books in these classes on a regular basis. A secondary student from Abaarso Tech reads BFA books to Abaarso Village students. The coursework in all classes at Abaarso Tech is structured around BFA textbooks.

Books For Africa is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization serving as the world’s largest shipper of donated text and library books to the African continent. Since 1988, Books For Africa has shipped over 22.5 million primary, secondary, post-secondary, and community library books to 45 African countries. Books For Africa has received the highest ratings from Charity Navigator and the Minnesota Charities Review Council. The mission of Books For Africa is to end the book famine in Africa.

Minnesota Headquarters: 253 East 4th Street, Suite 200, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101 USA
Georgia Warehouse: 2971 Olympic Industrial Dr. SE, Suite C, Smyrna, Georgia 30080 USA. Tel (MN): 651.602.9844 Fax: 651.602.9848 bfa@booksforafrica.org www.booksforafrica.org

https://www.booksforafrica.org/documents/BFANews10Spring_web.pdf

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