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Book Aid International is the UK’s leading international book donation and library development charity. We believe that books change lives and work toward a world where everyone has access to the books that will enrich, improve and change their lives.

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Learning to read at 60

The books you help to send have allowed readers like Florence in rural Kenya learn to read for the first time
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Checha Primary School reader, Kenya

Celebrating where #LiteracyThrives

To celebrate International Literacy Day, we asked you to share pictures and stories of how literacy is thriving where you are. You responded with amazing accounts and photos showcasing...

Welcoming People’s Postcode Lottery in Zanzibar

To date, players of People’s Postcode Lottery have provided an amazing £900,000 to help more people access books that will enrich, improve and change their lives. Players’ contributions to...
Julius

Books helping farmers

Julius Nemisano lives in a small village several hours from the eastern city of Mbale. The area is rural, food shortages are common and many struggle to feed and...