stdClass Object ( [nid] => 275527 [vid] => 279001 [type] => task_discussion [status] => 1 [created] => 1272914123 [changed] => 1272914124 [comment] => 0 [promote] => 1 [sticky] => 0 [revision_timestamp] => 1272914124 [title] => Re: Help Secure Books, a Computer, Printer, Tables & Chairs for our Library [body] => Hi Patrick Sounds like you have already been pretty successful at getting books, so you may have been in contact with some of the organisations below. From their websites I am not sure whether they all provide higher-level text books but its worth a try, some will also provide general reading and reference books. The majority do not charge for shipping. This is quite a long list, but easier to post everything at once! Biblionef http://www.biblionef.org/ send reading books (not school textbooks) to schools, orphanages etc in developing countries all over the world. How to apply: http://www.biblionef.org/index.php?id=78 Darien Book Aid http://dba.darien.org/ Textbooks and general reading books. How to request books http://dba.darien.org/foreign.htm Simple application process via email Hesperian Foundation http://www.hesperian.org/ Community health education books. Includes books in English, also links to groups who have translated them into many other languages List of books http://www.hesperian.org/Publications_and_Resources.php They run the Gratis Book Programme which sends free copies of books to groups in developing countries. http://www.hesperian.org/projects_gratisBookProgram.php Contact them for more details - http://www.hesperian.org/contact.php Teaching-aids at Low Cost (TALC) http://www.talcuk.org/ Free and low cost healthcare books and accessories. Some suitable for students studying health-related subjects, others for community health education. List of items (including some that are free) http://www.talcuk.org/shop.htm International Book Project (IBF) www.intlbookproject.org Provides basic subject textbooks for pre-kindergarten through graduate school levels, general library books, nursing and other specialized medical texts, as well as popular and technical journals, reference materials, and fiction. Application form on the website Books Abroad http://www.booksabroad.org.uk/ Fiction and non-fiction Cannot find details of application procedures, but says they respond to requests. Contact via form on the website. World Bank Family Network Book Project http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTSTAFF/WBFN/0,,contentMDK:20291897~pagePK:64156201~piPK:64156133~theSitePK:444098,00.html Books are shipped by the container-load to distributors in developing countries who pass them on to schools and libraries who have applied for them. FAQ http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTSTAFF/WBFN/0,,contentMDK:20270837~pagePK:64156201~piPK:64156133~theSitePK:444098,00.html includes details of how to apply. Contact them for further information. B.I.G. Books http://www.big-books.org/ Book requests http://www.big-books.org/requests.php Ship large quantities of books (approx 20,000) in containers, can also do small box shipments. They can pay some or all of the shipping cost. Books For Third World http://www.booksforthirdworld.org/ Appears to ship books for no cost. Does not give application details but has a contact address. Books For Africa http://www.booksforafrica.org/ Ships containsrs of books and computers. Can also ship smaller quantities. Receiving organisations have to pay shipping costs More information at http://www.booksforafrica.org/books-computers/bfa-books-computers.html --- Have you been in contact with any of the other Local Reps in Zambia? For example Garden http://www.nabuur.com/en/village/garden run a centre that sounds similar to yours, so you may be able to share ideas. You may also like to join the Education group http://www.nabuur.com/en/group/education/project as this can be a good place to share advice information with others who are working on education-related projects. Mary [teaser] => Hi Patrick Sounds like you have already been pretty successful at getting books, so you may have been in contact with some of the organisations below. From their websites I am not sure whether they all provide higher-level text books but its worth a try, some will also provide general reading and reference books. The majority do not charge for shipping. This is quite a long list, but easier to post everything at once! Biblionef http://www.biblionef.org/ send reading books (not school textbooks) to schools, orphanages etc in developing countries all over the world. 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