Project
Book Education - Africa
A project that aims to improve education in Africa by fostering interest in reading and promoting an educational culture focused on reading books.
Concerned regions
Europe, West Africa
Categories
Donate your old books today
Project
Book Education - Africa
A project that aims to improve education in Africa by fostering interest in reading and promoting an educational culture focused on reading books.
Concerned regions
Europe, West Africa
Categories
Donate your old books today
Project
Book Education - Africa
A project that aims to improve education in Africa by fostering interest in reading and promoting an educational culture focused on reading books.
Concerned regions
Europe, West Africa
Categories
Donate your old books today
Project
Book Education - Africa
A project that aims to improve education in Africa by fostering interest in reading and promoting an educational culture focused on reading books.
Why Book Education for African youth
The idea is to restore reading's value as a tool for personal and collective transformation. A concrete and symbolic action to initiate a new cycle of learning and emancipation through books.
The challenges our initiative tackles differ from one place to another.
Book Education
A project that seeks to improve education in Africa by sparking interest in reading and promoting a learning culture centered on books.
Our activity in Europe
In Europe, we fight student poverty by distributing free books to young people in need at the start of the semester.
Disinterest in reading
Many young people lack exposure to books and reading culture from an early age, limiting their educational development and openness to the world.
Low parental income
Families often have insufficient income to buy books, which are considered a luxury rather than an educational necessity.
Unavailability of books
Libraries are rare and books are hard to find, especially in rural and remote areas, limiting access to reading.
Mastery of a secondary language
The difficulty in mastering a second language (French, English) creates an additional barrier to accessing books and understanding texts.
A vicious cycle
In Africa, poverty in books leads to poverty in reading, and vice versa.
Libraries are rare, books are a luxury. The lack of works discourages interest in reading, and this disinterest helps keep libraries empty, stifling the potential of young people. The challenge is not just material: it is also cultural, structural, and symbolic.
A fragile, poorly mastered language
Without regular reading, language mastery remains fragile. Young people develop limited vocabulary and expression difficulties, which affects their ability to communicate and learn.
Difficulty structuring an idea
Not reading regularly limits the ability to organize thoughts and structure reasoning. Young people struggle to express their ideas clearly and coherently.
Limited critical thinking
Reading opens the mind to different visions and stimulates analysis. Without it, critical thinking remains limited, reducing the ability to question, analyze, and understand the world.
Lost opportunities
The difficulty in reading and writing correctly closes doors to higher education, qualified employment, and social mobility. Each young person deprived of reading loses future opportunities.
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Education
FAS
Health
FAS: one school, one first-aid kit
Equip 120 schools with a complete kit adapted to local needs.
290 € raised of 29 880 € goal
Education
Book-Education
100 schools, 100,000 books for students in Togo
Deliver 100,000 sorted books to 100 West African schools.
420 € raised of 790 000 € goal
Logistics
Book-Education
Logistics fund for books to Africa
Finance home pickups, handling, and transport for large book donations.
120 € raised of 4 800 € goal
FAQ - Frequently
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Learn more about our work in Africa
Which countries do you serve in Africa?
What types of books do you distribute in Africa?
How do you promote reading culture?
Can I donate books for African students?
Rodrigue Amegandji
The impact is reflected in parents' feedback. They tell us, my child reads in the evening, without us asking them to.
Raoul Aziague
We measure the impact of Book Education when students ask for volume 2, another book.
Debora Balouki
With Book-Education, a book becomes a springboard, it refines pronunciation and forges the art of expression.
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