Start a book drive

You really can start a library in Africa.  Just follow this winning formula:

Help start a library in Africa by organizing your own book drive. Schools, Scouts, Bar and Bat Mitzvahs, churches, college clubs, companies and many others have offered the gift of reading to an African community by recycling books from family bookshelves.

Use our Book Drive Guidelines to collect, sort, pack and then mail your books to our warehouse, where they will be containerized for shipment to Africa. Your goal is to collect 1,000 appropriate books and approximately $500 for shipping and related costs. Double this and you can start two! Triple it and... you get the idea.

We believe in sharing ideas. Get ideas from other book drives to see how they have collected their books and raised money.

First, read our Book Drive Guidelines here, then contact us at bookdrives@africanlibraryproject.org to get started.