Contact List for Library Books

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Contacts for Library Books

Bookfor Africas	bfa@booksforafrica.org	C. Patrikakos	25,000+ books minimum
Books for International Goodwill	www.big-books.org	Steve Frantzich	Shipment ready, Waiting for funding
Books Abroad	www.mennonitemission.net/Work/BooksAbroad		Waiting for reply
Book Aid International (BAI)	www.bookaid.org	Mick Martin, Ph. 0207 733 3577	Sent requested information 10/19/07.
Darien Book Aid Plan	dba.darien.org	Eleanor King	Waiting for reply
nblibrary	naspers.com	Jowena Roach	Waiting for reply
spectrumbooks	admin1@spectrumbooksonline.com		waiting for reply
newafricabooks	carolyn@newafricabooks.co.za	carolyn	waiting for reply
	neas@sentoo.sn		waiting for reply
Longman Zambia Limited	orders@mml.co.za	Maubrey Chembe	catalog sent to Mulenga; these are not donated books but for order.I have received the Catalog-Mulenga 19/10/2007

 

 

Funding Criteria from Feed The Minds

  http://www.feedtheminds.co.uk

 

Feed the Minds believes that education saves lives, reduces poverty and builds community. We finance projects that channel indigenous creativity through books, films, radio programmes and other local educational initiatives that provide information to people with few resources to create or access their own.

Key Information

Where a project is proposed through a UK-based charity, Feed the Minds will fund the administrative costs of the UK-based organisation to a maximum of five per cent of the direct project costs. The total amount will still not exceed £25,000 per year, per project.  It is expected that UK-based organisations will be working in close partnership with one or more named partners in the target country(ies).    Areas covered  We support projects in the following areas:  1. Education for development

 2. Training and communications for development

 3. Publishing for development 4. Books for Life  www.booksforlife.info  

 

1. Education for development  Access to education and educational resources can promote material and spiritual well-being. Through education, Feed the Minds aims to support the empowerment of the most disadvantaged members of societies. Feed the Minds supports:          •   Literacy – particularly for those people who do not have access to other forms of              literacy training          •   Libraries – providing reading materials in places where there is presently poor access to

             materials  

        •   General formal education – Feed the Minds emphasises projects that promote access to

             education for the most marginalised groups in society (e.g. women, the disabled, the  

            chronically ill or the elderly).

 2. Training and communications for development  Effective training and communications can generate new opportunities for people and enable them to lead fulfilling lives. Feed the Minds supports training and non-formal education that provides people with skills and ideas that will make a real difference to their lives. We support training and communications across the developmental spectrum including health, hygiene, human rights, nutrition, peace and reconciliation, farming and industry. Applications should demonstrate clearly how training needs have been identified.          •   Seminars, coaching, workshops, training courses – Innovative programmes that              generate new opportunities for disadvantaged people          •   Vocational training schemes – priority is given to training for marginalised people of low              economic status who have limited access to vocational training opportunities          •   Multi-media educational projects – using multi-media to respond to locally identified              needs, developing skills and improving communication.

 

 

3. Publishing for development

Indigenous publishing initiatives can improve access to written materials and encourage local creativity.

 

  •   Publication of indigenous literature – encouraging indigenous creativity and local writing,

 

         particularly in the vernacular. Translations of “Western” texts will always be regarded as          lower priority          •   Indigenous publishing initiatives – publishing initiatives led by local groups and local people.   Support for journals, periodicals and magazines is given only in exceptional circumstances.

 As other grant-making bodies fund Bible production and translation, this is not something which we fund. We would generally hope that sales of the publication would provide significantly for continued re-printing.

We will NOT fund

        •   Projects that discriminate against people because of religion, sex, race, disability or              sexual orientation          •   Projects that manipulate, bribe or pressure beneficiaries to espouse a particular faith              perspective or political persuasion or that (except in the case of the training of religious              leaders) require adherence to a particular set of beliefs of practice in order to receive              project benefits          •   Doctoral or other research          •   Scholarships or college fees          •   Projects with budgets that primarily reflect a focus on capital expenditure e.g. erecting              buildings, creating physical infrastructure (such as schools, churches, water points, etc)              or the purchasing of equipment, vehicles and other capital items

         •   Projects that are advocating allegiance to a particular political party, regime or which are aligned with a particular form of polity

 

 

        •   Free distribution of journals or periodicals          •   Projects with a primary focus on Bible translation (as this is funded by other donors)          •   Projects with a primary focus on delivering health care, shelter, food security or other              non-education focused developmental objectives          •   Projects which focus principally on abstinence as a means of controlling the spread of

             HIV/AIDS.