London Book Fair Charity of the Year 2024
We’re delighted to announce that we have been jointly chosen as London Book Fair’s Charity of the Year 2024.
Books give people power
They provide the information and the inspiration that people need to build a more equal future. So we work for a world where everyone has access to books.
Yvonne Weah in Liberia
During the war my inner strength was from the books. I wanted to share that strength with others.
Ugbaad Abdillahi Mohamed in Somaliland
You fall in love with the books when you read today. Then tomorrow you will have the appetite to read again.
Mustafe Osman Abdi in Somaliland
Education is light. The library brought us light.
Rogers in Uganda
Thanks to our mountain bike library, I’ve seen how books give people power
Davidson in Malawi
Now, when my daughter comes home from school, she reads to me things that I cannot read.
Ahmed Makkour in Syria
The cost of a book could be $100. That $100 could be a month’s worth of food for a whole family.
Mr. Musa Mansaray in Sierra Leone
If we hadn’t received books from Book Aid International, it would have been so challenging for us to serve the public.
Habiba in Greece
I think the books are very good for me – for my heart.
Eletina in Malawi
If I never had access to books, things would be different
Justin in Kenya
If I had no access to books life would be very bad. I would not be able to reach the place where I want to be.
Calculate your impact
Publishers donate books to us, but we can’t send them without you. See how many books you could send*
Based on the average value of a book sent since 2017, £13.
Our latest shipment
Destination
Zambia
Date sent
18/12/2023
Books on shipment
43,224
Books sent in 2023
1,235,958
From our team
We can only share the power of books because of our generous supporters, our inspiring partners and our many friends. You can meet a few of them on our blog.
The transformative power of books
A teacher and reading champion, Joyce Ampofo is the founder and Chief Executive of Rainbow Trust Foundation, one of Book Aid International’s partners in Ghana. This is her story.
Read moreA call to action from our President
As our 70th anniversary year draws to a close, we are pleased to be able to share a message from our President, Bloomsbury Publishing’s CEO Nigel Newton CBE.
Read moreHighlighting the unsung heroes
This Trustees Week we talked to a few members of our Board about why they chose to become a trustee, what excites them most about the work the charity is doing and what their hopes are for the future of Book Aid International.
Read more