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Sparking a love of reading in Cameroon

Every year we support our partners to promote reading. In this blog, our partner Andrew in Cameroon, told us about the celebrations matter.

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Reading in Dark Times

Stas Kozliuk is a Ukrainian reporter and photographer. He visited many of the libraries where we’ve provided books in partnership with PEN Ukraine. In this blog, he reflects on his experiences.

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Rebuilding lives through the power of reading

During the recent war in Lebanon, Shereen led a bibliotherapy programme to help children cope. In this blog, she reflects on the lessons learned and the power of books during conflict.

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Books to educate and inspire

Cengage Group supports us with donations of brand-new higher education and English Language Teaching books. As they put together their latest donation, we found out what this charity partnership means to staff.

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The gift of sharing stories

We spoke to Penguin Random House's Social Impact Executive, Amanda Boakye about why they choose to donate books to us and why charity partnerships are so important to the publisher.

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Books to empower communities

Michael Moyo is the Director of the Edward Ndlovu Memorial Trust (ENMT) in Zimbabwe. Michael told us why he believes in the power of reading to change lives.

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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. 

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