What is a good charity to send books to in Africa?

Question

I am trying to complete an Eagle Scout project for Boy Scouts. I need a reliable charity to send new and slightly used books to in Africa.

Answer 1

Breadline Africa is an online charity which supports many projects and developments such as mobile libraries, schools and educare facilities.

www.breadlineafrica.org

Answer 2

It's extremely expensive to send books to Africa, or anywhere overseas for that matter.  Often times, the cost to ship the books is much more than the books themselves.  If your eagle scout project is about promoting literacy, maybe you can find a local group that does the same thing.  Do a Yahoo search on your town/state and the word literacy or literacy promotion and you're sure to find a very worthwhile charity that would love to take the books.

Hope this helps - Julie