• Book Aid International sends books to mainly sub-Saharan African countries to encourage reading, learning and the spread of information.

• Most books sent are educational and aimed at children & teenagers. Subject areas are specifically requested by the recipient partner organisations.

• Educational books include: reference books; textbooks for primary, secondary, and higher education; books for teacher training, English as a second language and vocational skills; and professional texts for health, medicine and law.

• Book Aid International supplies libraries and NGOs with newly published books so that the most up-to-date information is available.

• Just over 500,000 books are sent annually, which will be used by over 2 .5 million people. Over 25 million books have been sent by the charity since it began.

• Book Aid International supplies books for remotely located or disadvantaged communities through mobile libraries. It sends books to refugee camps to encourage refugee education and training. The charity contributes books to conflict and post-conflict areas and after natural disasters to help recovery.

• Books are sent to higher education institutions that can demonstrate a broadening of access through distance learning, gender programmes or adult education.

• Well-supplied libraries impact literacy rates, information access and development.