Books2Africa UKC

Books2Africa UKC "Putting a book in the hands of every African child" We need YOU to help us think of creative fundraising ideas!

We are a Student Led Volunteering Society at the University of Kent Canterbury who supports the charity Books to Africa. This year our priority is to build a strong volunteer base as well as fundraising £500 which allows to us to purchase a new book collection bin and ship off 5,000 books to a country of our choosing in Africa. Any idea is welcome and this gives you a great chance to develop cruci

al employability skills for the increasingly competitive job market. Any time spent volunteering with us can go towards the KSCV award, which is an award that recognises all the volunteering you do, and we will also teach you how to apply for this.

Join the B2A UKC Committee! Available positions: treasurer, secretary, social media officer, volunteer co-ordinator How ...
19/08/2022

Join the B2A UKC Committee!

Available positions: treasurer, secretary, social media officer, volunteer co-ordinator

How to apply: just DM us on Instagram with the name of the position you’re interested in! (If you haven’t received a reply in a week please comment ‘interested’ below on this Instagram post so that we don’t miss your message) We encourage members as well as non members to apply. You must be a current student at the University of Kent.

Feel free to message us if you’d like any more information about being on the B2A committee! It’s a fun, flexible role that allows you support a great charity📚

Join us for our first social event this year in collaboration with the Sri Lankan Society! This event is open to everyon...
08/02/2022

Join us for our first social event this year in collaboration with the Sri Lankan Society! This event is open to everyone, even if you are not a member of either society.

We will be meeting in Kbar at 6:30pm for pizza and drinks followed by a movie in Darwin Lecture Theatre 1 from around 8pm.

At this event, we will also be collecting books and monetary donations for Books2Africa. If you have any books you no longer need or a spare £1, please do consider making a donation! Every donation makes a massive difference!

Swipe to see what types of books we accept👉

We look forward to seeing you there!

📢Books2Africa will be at the Big Fair tomorrow! Join us in the Main Hall (Hall 1) of the Sports Centre from 10am -4pm to...
26/01/2022

📢Books2Africa will be at the Big Fair tomorrow!

Join us in the Main Hall (Hall 1) of the Sports Centre from 10am -4pm to hear more about the various ways you can get involved, donate and volunteer at the society! 📖 Feel free to ask us any questions you have at the fair or through our DMs.

If you cannot attend in person, please check out the virtual fair on the Kent Union website to learn more about our society.

See you there! 💗

Impact Reports from last term (20th Nov 2021 to 12th January 2022) Every donation makes a massive difference! 📚 🌍 If yo...
12/01/2022

Impact Reports from last term (20th Nov 2021 to 12th January 2022)

Every donation makes a massive difference! 📚 🌍

If you would like to donate any of your books, please leave them in the book bins on Canterbury campus 🗑 (check our story highlights for more information on where to find them)

🎁GIFTS THAT KEEP GIVING 🎁 Check out the new online store where you can buy branded sweaters, hoodies, t-shirts, mugs an...
12/01/2022

🎁GIFTS THAT KEEP GIVING 🎁

Check out the new online store where you can buy branded sweaters, hoodies, t-shirts, mugs and stationary to help raise money for charity!

The money raised from each purchase will be used to help fund the shipment cost of books to Africa.

FREE UK shipping on all orders.

Link in bio and below:
https://shop.books2africa.org

Come tomorrow night at DLT2 at 7pm to watch Royal Hibiscus Hotel, all proceeds will go to Books2Africa!
11/02/2020

Come tomorrow night at DLT2 at 7pm to watch Royal Hibiscus Hotel, all proceeds will go to Books2Africa!

Today we’ve received Broadstairs College at the warehouse to help us scan some books and sort them out! Thanks a lot to ...
20/11/2019

Today we’ve received Broadstairs College at the warehouse to help us scan some books and sort them out! Thanks a lot to East Kent College to have given some time to volunteer with Books2Africa!

Many thanks to the UKC basketball team for hosting Books2Africa UKC and giving us all the proceeds of today’s game!
09/11/2019

Many thanks to the UKC basketball team for hosting Books2Africa UKC and giving us all the proceeds of today’s game!

Come at the basketball team’s charity game this Saturday at 1:30pm! All proceeds will go to Books2Africa!
06/11/2019

Come at the basketball team’s charity game this Saturday at 1:30pm! All proceeds will go to Books2Africa!

30/10/2019

Our second guest today was Hilary Rouse-Amadi, author of the poetry book Crossing Borders. We recorded a podcast which will soon be released for people interested in listening to it. This podcast was made as part of Black History Month, and enabled us to discuss a wide range of issues from Brexit and British politics, to otherness, humanity and black identity. In the video underneath she is reciting her poem « Identities in crisis ».

Today we welcomed 2 guests at the warehouse: the first one is Ariana, a five-year-old girl who will do some fundraising ...
30/10/2019

Today we welcomed 2 guests at the warehouse: the first one is Ariana, a five-year-old girl who will do some fundraising for Books2Africa during an entire year through the lecture of books everyday! She already knows how to read, and is familiar with Jane Austen and Maya Angelou, hence the consciousness she has of the importance of books in an education. This is why she decided to help us send books to people needing them!

08/03/2019

Congratulations to the winner of our competition! She wrote an excellent paragraph explaining how books have contributed to her life. Here's a little extract from her answer:

'The power to see how the mind of another works or to inspire the greatness and genius of a person all lay within a book. Essentially books are a gateway to the unknown, the key to unlocking secrets of the past, present and the future.'

Thanks to those who participated! 😁

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