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Last year, 10 years after its start, Lamin Dibba's 1 Million Books for the Gambia project celebrated having shipped literally 1 million books, ranging from children's books to college texts, to the tiny African country of 2.5 million. Learn more in this feature article from the Minneapolis Star Tribune!

¿ìèÊÓƵ Executive Director Patrick Plonski sits down with Jeff Bond as part of the "chat with leaders" podcast series. 

A local nonprofit celebrated the shipment of more than 150,000 books to Kenya Wednesday afternoon from its warehouse in Marietta. ¿ìèÊÓƵ board members, employees, and volunteers gathered in the Marietta warehouse to celebrate their achievements with food, music, and beverages.

Four teenagers have decided to help change the prospects of the African child by helping to improve English literacy on the continent through reading. 

Twenty-four Africans from 15 countries who are part of the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders volunteered at the ¿ìèÊÓƵ warehouse in St. Paul (717 Prior Ave. N.) on July 14, where they sorted and packed books for students in Africa.

Minnesota news source KSTP covered ¿ìèÊÓƵ's luncheon with the Ambassador of Kenya to the U.S. and Representative Betty McCollum of Minnesota's Fourth Congressional District.