Resources for Book Drive Organizers

Please use the following resources to help you with your book drive.

Documents, Photos and Videos

	Flyer - We have a couple of flyers you might like to use. Here they are in .pdf (printable) and .ppt (PowerPoint -- editable, customizable) versions: » Flyer One: .pdf and .ppt » Flyer Two: .pdf and .ppt
	Customizable Press Release: This press release outline can be used to let your community know what you are doing, and to get their help! » Download the press release template here
	Visit our photo gallery to download different versions of the African Library Project images for use in your displays. In addition to photos of our project there are higher resolution versions of our logo in different forms and backgrounds » Go to Photo Resources
	Fact sheets. Learn more about African Literacy, and basic facts on Africa, as well as individual fact sheets on the country of your library project. Suitable for printing (pdf format). Africa Fact Sheet Botswana Fact Sheet Ghana Fact Sheet Lesotho Fact Sheet Malawi Fact Sheet Sierra Leone Fact Sheet Swaziland Fact Sheet
	Maps. If you want to show where your books are headed on posters or in emails, maps like these can help: Botswana Map Ghana Map Lesotho Map Malawi Map Sierra Leone Map Swaziland Map
	Here's a presentation that 7th grader Davis Rich put together to teach his class about illiteracy in West Africa. You can do something like this to educate your community.

	Refer to Africa Access's booklist of award-winning children's titles, either by African authors or about Africa. These are great books to send to Africa or to learn more about Africa by reading them yourself.
	Learn why the U.N. declared 2003-2012 the United Nations Literacy Decade. Go to UNESCO website