Raised: 52%
Target: £250.00
Raised so far: £130.00
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My story

 

We at GMNAbooks.co.uk wanted to support a book based charity, we decide to help Book Link. (http://www.booklink.org.uk)

"Working with publishers, Book-Link sends educational books to Ethiopian schools. The publishers are happy to donate books which might otherwise be destroyed, but money is needed to ship them to Ethiopia. Shipping a container of 25,000 books costs around £2,500.

When the books arrive in Addis Ababa they are stored in the Ministry of Education's warehouse, where they are the responsibility of the Planning Committee, of which Book-Link is a member. The Committee allocates the books to the appropriate regions. It is ensured that none of the books are available for resale by marking them clearly.

This year Book-Link started to help replenish the libraries of Ethiopia's five medical schools. Professor Richard Beard has spent a month in Ethiopia visiting the schools and, as part of his survey, he has proposed a system to find out which are the books most wanted by the teachers. Book-Link is currently approaching publishers to ask them to donate these books, but will pay for their transport to Ethiopia."

Donating through this site is simple, fast and totally secure. It is also the most efficient way to sponsor me: Book-Link will receive your money faster and, if you are a UK taxpayer, an extra 28% in tax will be added to your gift at no cost to you.

So please sponsor me now!

Many thanks for your support.

Very worthwhile - good luck Donation by Jane Tennick 13/04/07  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

What a fantastic idea, hope you reach your target soon Donation by Maria Tennick 13/04/07  

£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid

The more books spread into the world the better :-) Donation by Cath 22/01/07  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

Good luck, a good cause! Donation by Stately Trains 18/01/07  

£20.00 + £5.64 Gift Aid

All the best Donation by Frances Kapherr 12/12/06  

£5.00 + £1.41 Gift Aid

good idea. here's hoping the books are still useful to them.. Donation by bookworm 22/11/06  

£20.00

May the project do extremely well Donation by anonymous 09/10/06  

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First Step of many Donation by Mark 28/09/06  

£20.00
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* Total raised online: £130.00
  Offline donations: £0.00
  Gift Aid plus supplement: £25.38

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