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Update 5/15/10: 
We've surpassed our goal of 1,000 books and we've also reached our shipping goal! Thank you!! 

Homeschoolers in California are partnering with the African Library Project to start a community library in Malawi, a small country in Southeast Africa. The books we collect will make up the entire collection of this brand new library. Our goal is to send 1,000 books. The books need to be in my possession by May 15, 2010.

Please take some time to review the list of books we need, as well as the list of books we don't need. In addition to collecting 1,000 books we will be raising funds to ship the books. Our goal is to collect at least $600. (I've just changed this amount from $500 because we are getting lots of hardback books.) If you don't have books to donate, please consider making a cash donation toward the cost of shipping the books. You can donate $25 or more online by clicking here. Please give them my name when you donate so they know to put the money toward our shipment. You can also send money to me directly (in any amount) to cover the cost of shipping the books from my house to the warehouse in New Orleans (that's the first leg of the journey). That will cost at least $300, depending on the weight of the books (we have some heavy ones which is why I'm aiming to collect $300 now, instead of $200). If you'd like to donate toward the US shipping costs and don't mind sending me a check (I swear it will go towards shipping and not anything for myself!) just send me an e-mail and I'll give you my mailing address. I will mail you a receipt once the books have shipped.

As of September 2009, the African Library Project, in partnership with 250 schools and other organizations, has completed 375 libraries in Zimbabwe, Zambia, Cameroon, Lesotho, Nigeria, Botswana, Swaziland and Malawi. 375,000 books have made their way across the ocean and into the lives of countless African people.

Let's add to that legacy!

Thanks,
Colleen Paeff
Book Drive Organizer
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