When John Olson, Science Specialist for the MN Dept. ofEducation, went to Liberia, he found that library of his school had many bookswith Minnesota school stamps.

He planned his biology lessons with a textbook from VerndaleHigh School and read a novel from Anderson Open School. These had been sent toAfrica by a St. Paul based organization, Books for Africa (BFA).

BFA collects, ships and distributes books to students of allages in Africa. They are the largest shipper of donated text and library booksto the African continent. They collect all types of books appropriate forAfrican students.

High school and college textbooks are especially needed. Asa general guideline, books should be less than ten years old.

You can drop off books at their St. Paul warehouse or shipthem to the Atlanta workshop.

For details, contact them.

Help to end the book drought in African schools!