As we close 2024 at Books For Africa, we want to recognize your dedication and the impact you’ve made in helping us end the book famine.
This year, we raised $2.2 million, allowing us to ship educational materials to 31 African countries. We sent over 1.6 million physical books, along with 1 million digital books made available on 357 computers and tablets—providing critical tools to foster hope, empowerment, and opportunity.
However, we know this is a challenging time for many in the international development community. Many of our friends and supporters have expressed concern about recent dramatic cuts to U.S. federal international development funding. These reductions have severely impacted many NGOs that rely on USAID and other federal sources. While Books For Africa has been affected, our diversified funding sources—and the unwavering generosity of our private donors—have ensured that we can continue our mission without interruption. Over 90% of our funding comes from private sources, allowing us to remain resilient and ship more than 61 million books to Africa over the past 37 years.
Thanks to your support, we will stay the course. Despite the current challenges, we plan to ship 2.2 million books to over 35 African countries this year alone, advancing education, literacy, and economic opportunity across the continent.
We are proud to be based in the United States, sending a strong message that the American people believe in and support global education and development. Books For Africa is here to stay, and together, we will keep changing lives.
For more details on our impact and to view the FY 2024 Annual Report, click here .
With heartfelt gratitude,
Patrick Plonski
Executive Director
On behalf of the Books For Africa Board of Directors
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About Compassion International
We’re a Christian child sponsorship organization working to release children from poverty by meeting their right-now and long-term needs in partnership with the local church.
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Shutdown in India:
Compassion operated in India for 48 years, with $45 million in transfers annually, making it India’s largest single foreign donor. [28] Compassion provided services under its Child Sponsor Program to 145,000 Indian children. [28]
In 2015, Compassion affiliates’ offices were raided by tax investigators seeking evidence on whether it was funding religious conversions. [28] Compassion said that attempts were made to force the ministry to divert funding to non-Christian Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh groups. [28] Compassion refused to do so as it would be a misuse of funds entrusted to them by donors all around the world. After talks back and forth, in 2017 the BJP-led Indian government barred Compassion from transferring funds into India, forcing the group to close its operations in that country. [28] The Ministry of External Affairs later stated that the ban had nothing to do with the ideology of Compassion International. [29]
[28] NYT: Major Christian Charity Is Closing India Operations Amid a Crackdown
[29] The Quint: No ‘Ideological’ Reason Behind Compassion International Ban: MEA
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