May 16th, 2011

50 cents sends a book to a child in Africa.

Simba Craftware and Books for Africa have partnered to brighten the future of Africa.

Liberia is a country with only a 40% primary school enrollment rate according to(UNICEF.org/Liberia). With the funds raised from this project, Books For Africa will ship a container of 22,000 reading and text books to encourage children to stay in school by providing access to books.

Martin Akinseye, owner of Simba Craftware said Monday, “My goal is to help raise $12,000 by May 2012 through SimbaCraftware.com and DrumLessonsMinneapolis.com. That’s 24,000 books African youth will be reading!”

50 cents sends a book to a child in Africa. The entire proceeds raised from SimbaCraftware.com and DrumLessonsMinneapolis.com will go towards the goal.

Books For Africa

Has a simple name for an organization with a simple mission. They collect, sort, ship, and distribute books to children in Africa. Their goal: to end the book famine in Africa.

Simba Craftware

Sells hand-crafted African art through its Minneapolis brick-and-mortar store and to a global audience online. All African Art sold by SimbaCraftware.com is 100% unique as everything is made by hand.

Drum Lessons Minneapolis

Is an effort by Simba Craftware to spread African culture through drum lessons. Designed for children aged 4 through 18 and their parents, this group meets every Sunday at Midtwon Global Market, located in Minneapolis Minnesota.

See the work that Books For Africa is doing to end the African book famine in this new video!