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Headquarters address
Organization's name:	Books For Africa
Organization's acronym:	BFA
Address:	26 East Exchange Street Suite 411 St. Paul, MN 55101 United States of America
Phone:	651-291-2713
Email:	patrick@booksforafrica.org
Web site:	www.booksforafrica.org
Organization type:	Non-governmental organization
Languages:	English

Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Education
Geographic scope:	Regional Africa
Millennium Development Goals:	Achieve universal primary education
Mission statement:	Books For Africa's mission is to end the book famine in Africa. This is achieved by shipping large quantities of books and computers across the African continent. BFA is the world's largest shipper of books to Africa. Since 1988, over 36 million books have been shipped by BFA to 49 African countries.
Year established (YYYY):	1988
Year of registration (YYYY):	1988
Organizational structure:	501 c 3 non-profit governed by board of directors.
Number and type of members:	16 board members.
Funding structure:	Funds from other Non-Governmental Organizations Donations and grants from domestic sources Foreign and international grants

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