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ABCA celebrates it 20 year anniversary
Join us as we celebrate our 20 year anniversary on 17 November with live music and refreshments
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Read our ABCA October 2024 Newsletter
Keep up to date with what’s happening with our monthly newsletters
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Wandiika Student Writing Competition 2024
ABCA is a proud supporter of the Wandiika Student Writing Competition in Uganda
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2024 ABCA Book Sorting and Packing
Join us in the ABCA shed this year for our book sorting and book packing sessions
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Lisika Unite Foundation, Limpopo
ABCA books were delivered far and wide in to schools in rural areas of Limpopo
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Matthews Academy Primary School
Thank you message received from principal of Matthews Academy Primary School
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Bernard Isaacs Primary School - Johannesburg
Thank you messages from the students of Bernard Isaacs Primary School
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Bayuni Primary and Secondary Schools, Zambia
Katuba Literacy and Outreach Centre ABCA donation to another school close to their heart
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Jack & Jill Pre-School - Gauteng
The kids of Jack & Jill Pre-School were treated to a special spa and mental health day
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Nsiwa Primary School - Kwazulu Natal
Thank you from Family Literacy Project in KwaZulu-Natal for the ABCA book donation
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Bosmont Primary School South Africa
Bosmont Primary School converts storeroom into a much needed library
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Local Matters @Grill'd Balaclava
we came runners up - thank you to Grll’d Balaclava and the Local Matters program
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Zibalongwe Schools in Zimbabwe
Feedback from Collin Nyabadza of The Collin Nyabadza Children's Voice Charitable Trust
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Street-Wise in KwaZulu-Natal
Street-Wise branch in Pinetown in KwaZulu-Natal receive ABCA books for their library
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Brilliant Kids Education Centre, Kenya
With thanks to ABCA Africa books were delivered to Brilliant Kids Education Centre in Nairobi, Kenya
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ABCA book distribution in Kenya
Special ABCA book donation to Raini Primary School and Little Lions School in Kenya
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Afrika Tikkun Foundation in Cape Town
Books were delivered to Afrika Tikkun Foundation by Union of Jewish Women - Cape Town)
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Kiamburaini Primary School, Kenya
Read the feedback from the book delivery to Kiamburaini Primary School in Kenya
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Walmer Primary School, Port Elizabeth
Walmer Primary School in Port Elizabeth received a delivery of ABCA books
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Missionvale Care Centre, Port Elizabeth
ABCA books were delivered to Missionvale Care Centre courtesy of the Union of Jewish Women
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David Livingstone School, Port Elizabeth
Read the transcript of the voice message received from teacher, Mary Cherry
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Bags for New Beginnings - Johannesburg
ABCA contribute to the ‘Bags for New Beginnings’ project of The Union of Jewish Women in Johannesburg
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Durban South Primary School - KwaZulu-Natal
Rotary Club of Westville distributed eight boxes of ABCA books to Durban South Primary School.
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Emily Junior School, Zimbabwe
ABCA book delivery to Emily Junior School is located in Murewa district in Zimbabwe
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Jompani Primary School - Zimbabwe
ABCA books were delivered to Jompani Primary School, Zimbabwe by Pastor Alex Dewa.
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Bridge Community School in Zambia
Watch the special ceremony when ABCA books were delivered to Bridge Community School
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Chambatata Primary School in Mpongwe, Zambia
ABCA books were delivered to Chambatata Primary School in Mpongwe, Zambia
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Neighboring schools in Zambia receive ABCA books
Book delivery to Kampemba Primary School and Coffee Preschool in Zambia
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Nampamba Primary School, Zambia
Watch a video of the students sorting through a book delivery from Australian Books for Children of Africa
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Lourdes Primary School receives ABCA books
ABCA helps restock and improve library resources at Lourdes Primary School in Soweto
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Rainbow Early Learning Site, Johannesburg
Read the thank you note received from Rainbow Early Learning Site in Johannesburg
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Andrea Wainer's ABCA reward initiative
ABCA books awarded as prizes for reading challenge at Dlala Nje (Ponte building)
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ABCA books arrive in Zimbabwe
Pastor Alex Dewa distributes ABCA books to Young Dreams Academy in Harare, Zimbabwe
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Orengo Primary School, Kenya
Orengo Primary School didn’t want to be left behind sister school- Rona School of Excellence
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Alexandra Aftercare in Johannesburg
Read the feedback received from ABCA books distributed by Union of Jewish Women
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Makotopong Primary School in Polokwane
Siyafunda Community Technology Centre deliver more ABCA books in Limpopo Province
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Goza Primary School in Soweto
Read about the impact of the ABCA books delivered to this primary school in Soweto
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Nokane Primary School in Limpopo
Students from Nokane Primary School read from their recently delivered books
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Leadworks Foundation receive books
Leadworks Foundation is passionate about helping kids develop good homework habits
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Sonwabile Primary School in Keiskammahoek
Students of Sonwabile Primary School were delighted with the latest ABCA book delivery
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Delta Primary School in Cape Town
Delta Primary School in Cape Town sent ABCA a thank you note for the books they received
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Holy Cross Primary School in Cape Town
Union of Jewish Women in Cape Town delivered ABCA books to Holy Cross School
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Newclare Primary School, Johannesburg
Watch the excitement of the students during the special Hooked on Books visit to their school
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Another shipment heading to Port Elizabeth
We are looking forward to tracking our next shipment to Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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ABCA book delivery to Mozambique!
For the first time ABCA has delivered books to Nova Vida in Beira, Mozambique
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Book delivery to Three Crown Eco Academy
Students and staff sent us lots of photos after they received a delivery of ABCA books
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Book delivery to City Kidz Johannesburg
Watch the thank you video and see the gorgeous photos in appreciation of ABCA book delivery
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ABCA shipment on its way to Durban
Stay tuned! Exciting news! ABCA new shipment on its way to Durban, South Africa
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Latest ABCA delivery by Katuba Literacy Project
ABCA books were delivered to Kampemba School in the Copperbelt Province in Zambia.
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Bridge Community School in Zambia
Watch the video after the recent ABCA book delivery made through Katuba Literacy Project
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Bathande’s Reading Club in Khayelitsha, Cape Town
See all the photos of the kids reading their ABCA books at Bathande’s Reading Club
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Hope Seminary Junior School, Cape Town
Huge excitement with the delivery of much needed ABCA books in Cape Town
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ABCA books delivered to Zambia
Watch the beautiful video of students from Palabana Children’s Village School reading ABCA books
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Palabana Children’s Village School
Student from Palabana Children’s Village School sent us beautiful thank you notes
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ABCA book delivery to Rona School of Excellence
Read about the amazing work of the Rona Foundation in Kenya
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ABCA Africa books arrive in Mahoo World Vision School
Betty Kimaro tells us about the ABCA Africa books received by Mahoo World Vision School
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"INUA TOTO" - Lifting up the children
Read about John Dodd’s, an ex Aussie currently living in Kenya dreams and vision
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Sowene school in Taita Taveta County
See the thank you message from the students of Sowene school in Taita Taveta County
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Future Stars Development Centre
See the beautiful photos from ABCA books delivered to Future Stars Development Centre
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Book delivery to Inkwenkwezi Primary School
Read about how ABCA was warmly welcomed to Inkwenkwezi Primary School Soweto
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Watch a collage of heartwarming videos
Watch our video collage of students from Inkwenkwezi Primary School in Soweto, South Africa
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St Peter Claver Primary School in Soweto
which books most intrigued the Year 7 girls from St Peter Claver Primary School?
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ABCA Books arrive in Zambia!
After a hiatus of many years , ABCA books have arrived in Zambia for distribution
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Imama Community Development Centre
More ABCA books have been distributed in Eastern Cape, South Africa
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Feedback from Everest Primary School
Read the message received from Gregory Ridney, the librarian at the school
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Zweledinga Informal Settlement
See how the library was stocked with books donated by ABCA through the Ikhala Trust
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Happy 2022 Holiday Celebrations!!
Thank you to everybody’s contributions, participation and generosity in 2022!
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Nokane Primary School in the Limpopo Province
Read about the ABCA book distribution to Nokane Primary School at Modjadji
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More books distributed by Fingertips of Africa
Read about another program supported by Fingertips of Africa and ABCA
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Fingertips of Africa distributing ABCA books
Fingertips of Africa has distributed more of the ABCA books they received from the last shipment
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Book delivery to Tarkastad, Eastern Cape
Read about the amazing work of Fingertips of Africa & their special delivery
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Leadworks Community Knowledge Centre
Thanks to Siyafunda Community Technology Centre for their book distribution
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Read about Uviwe Child & Youth Services
Union of Jewish Women joined forces with Uviwe to distribute books in Port Elizabeth
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Mfesane Drop-in Centre books delievered
Read about the book delivery to Mfesane Drop-in Centre in Nelson Mandela Bay
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2022 Wandiika Literacy Competition winners
The 2022 Wandiika Literacy winners have been announced. Congratulations to all.
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Proudly supporting the Wandiika Literacy Initiative
Read more about the founder and inception of the Wandiika Literacy Initiative in Uganda
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Children and Youth Centre in Alexandra
Read about the Fingertips delivery in the township of Alexandra, Johannesburg
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Find us on a jar at Grill'd Windsor this October
We’ve been selected to participate in Local Matters at Grill’d Windsor this October
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PROTEA SOUTH RESOURCE CENTRE
Fingertips of Africa distributes ABCA books to resource centre located near SOWETO
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Books delivered to McAuley House, Johannesburg
It was a pleasure for ABCA to assist with the culture of reading at the school!
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Timbuktu in the Valley in Victoria Yard, Lorenzville
Read about Timbuktu in the Valley ‘pop up’ school in Victoria Yard, in Lorenzville, Johannesburg
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Orange Grove Primary School & Hooked on Books
Hooked on Books were sponsored to put on a show as part of the ABCA book distribution
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Rust-Ter-Vaal High School in Gauteng
Rust-Ter-Vaal High School students excited to receive books to read from ABCA
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Eendracht Primary School (Pretoria)
Read how ABCA helped fill Eendracht Primary School newly set up classroom library
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Dalmondeor Primary School, south of Johannesburg
ABCA visited Dalmondeor to donate books and were so taken by the wonderful, inviting library environment
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Sofgoti Zimbabwe – ABCA / Rotary Initiative
Read about David Grieve’s stalwart loyalty to the children of Zimbabwe and his connection with Rotary
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Siyafunda Community Technology Centre
Read about Siyafunda Community Centre - a school specialising in teaching IT
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2021 Wandiika Literacy Initiative prize shortlist
ABCA once again is a proud to be involved in the Wandiika Literacy Initiative
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ABCA Book Donation to Timbuktu in the Valley
ABCA donated books to Timbuktu in the Valley, located at Victoria Yards in Lorenzville, Johannesburg.
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Hooked on Books at Mid-Ennerdale Primary School
Amazing performance by Hooked on Books at Mid-Ennerdale Primary School, Johannesburg
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Rotary Westville gives books to The LEARN Project
Imagine how many book shelves we can fill with this donation of books from ABCA.
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Founder of ABCA - Oh, the places you'll go!
Pro-bono Australia writes about ABCA’s 250,000th book delivery to an African school.
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Find us on a jar at Grill'd Balaclava this August
We’ve been selected to participate in Local Matters at Grill’d Balaclava this August!
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Thank you from our community
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Hayani in Orange Grove, Johannesburg
Hayani sent ABCA a gorgeous thank you note for the book delivery by Union of Jewish Women
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Thank you notes from Bosmont Primary School
See the beautiful thank you notes sent from the students and staff at Bosmont
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Thank you message from Rand Hills
ABCA books delivered by the Union of Jewish Women in Bertrams, Johannesburg
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Thank you from Nova Vida, Mozambique
See the gorgeous children saying thank you for the books they received from ABCA
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Zweledinga Informal Settlement
Read the amazing feedback from the latest delivery by UJW and the Ikhala Trust
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Book delivery to Twinkle Daycare
Twinkle Daycare were excited to receive a shipment of books from ABCA
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Books were delivered to the Kid-Cave Academy
Thank you note from the Kid-Cave Academy in Schauderville, Port Elizabeth
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Thank you from Ikhala Trust in Port Elizabeth
We received a lovely thank you note from the Ikhala Trust in Port Elizabeth
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Enkwenkwezini Public Primary School
A book delivery was made to Enkwenkwezini Public Primary School in Port Elizabeth
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Thank you note from Nelson Mandela University
Books were distributed to the Business and Economic Sciences Faculty of the university
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David Livingstone High School in Port Elizabeth
Book were delivered to David Livingstone High School in Port Elizabeth
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Read the thank you note from Paterson High
Read the thank you note from delivery of books to Paterson High School in Schauderville
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Grill'd Windsor - You Local Matters
Thank you to Grill’d Windsor for including us in their Your Local Matters program
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Thank you Mfesane Drop-in Centre
Thank you for book delivery to Mfesane Drop-in Centre - Port Elizabeth
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Thank you message from McAuley House
ABCA delivered books to McAuley House Library in Parktown, Johannesburg
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Thank you from Chabad House of Johannesburg
Read the thank you note received from Rabbi Masinter of Chabad House - Johannesburg
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Thank you from Siyafunda Community Centre
Thanking you from the bottom of our hearts.Together we can improve the lives of our communities.
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Thank you from Dalmondeor Primary School
Heartfelt thank you for the generous book donation for the schools’ media centre
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Thank you note from Eendracht Primary School
We believe that the books donated today will enhance and sharpen more skills than educational, life and reading.
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Thank you for your support - Grill'd Local Matters
Thank you to everyone who supported us in the Grill’d Local Matters program in August
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Thank you from Vuba Primary School
How ABCA helped with the establishment of a much needed library
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The Family Literacy Project- Thank you note
300 ABCA books distributed to five libraries, reading nooks and box libraries in KwaZulu-Natal
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Thank you from the Run Home to Read Program
Read inspirational stories from the Project Literacy - Run Home to Read Program
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Read about our wonderful ABCA Volunteers
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Harry Cohney Charitable Foundation
ABCA welcomes the Harry Cohney Charitable Foundation as 2023 Patron of ABCA Kenya Operations
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Shine on our ABCA Volunteers
Read about Alec Bergman, who along with his brother, are some of our youngest ABCA volunteers
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Shine on our ABCA Volunteers
Caryn Tocker, ABCA volunteer, talks about her involvement with our 250,000th book celebration
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Shine on our ABCA Volunteers
Andrea Wainer talks about what volunteering with ABCA in South Africa means to her
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Shine on our ABCA Volunteers
Read about ABCA newbie volunteer Adie Schafner and why she is giving back to her community
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Shine on our ABCA volunteers
Gaby Jaffe talks about her close connection to ABCA and why she volunteers
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Shine on our ABCA Volunteers
Janet Lambrou talks about her special connection to ABCA and the importance of reading
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Shine on our ABCA Volunteers
Read about what inspires Robyn Kanowitz to volunteer her time at the shed at ABCA
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Shine on our ABCA volunteers
Read about David Grieve and his special connection to Zimbabwe and his work with ABCA
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Book shipment ready from our NSW branch
Our ABCA NSW volunteers have packed 50 boxes for shipment to Gauteng
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April book pack heading to Kawazulu Natal
Welcome to our new and returning volunteers who joined us for our Kwazulu Natal pack
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Thanks for joining our Kenya book packing morning
Our first shipment in five years heading to Kenya with thanks to the Harry Coheny Foundation
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Thank you to our amazing volunteers
We couldn’t do it without our dedicated ABCA volunteers both in Australia and Africa
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Shelford Girls' Grammar Shed visit
We were thrilled to host students in our shed to help us pack books to be sent to Africa
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ABCA delivers books to Rotara School
Read about the books delivered to this very special school on the edge of Carltonville, far south of Johannesburg
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Thank you Emanuel School in Sydney
Thank you once again to the students and staff at Emanuel School for their support
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ABCA volunteers pack over 4000 books in 90 minutes
ABCA volunteers welcomed our first 2022 Melbourne sort and pack . Shipment to head to Guanteng, SA
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Save the dates for ABCA's 2023 book packing
Please save these dates for our ABCA book packing sessions (11.00am-1.00pm)
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Watch ABCA Videos
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Jompani Primary School, , Zimbabwe
Watch this magnificent video by Pastor Alex Dewa after ABCA book delivery
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Legal expert with soft spot for African children
Listen to Bertrand Tungandame, SBS radio, interview ABCA co-founder Elise Margow.
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Watch our ABCA Promotional Video (2021)
Watch our video package highlighting our beautiful ABCA family, the readers and the teachers
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Celebration of 250 000th Book Delivery
‘Oh the places you’ll go’ by Dr Seuss was handpicked as the 250,000th ABCA book to be shipped
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Watch our ABCA Community Video
Watch our video showcasing our beautiful ABCA Community, the schools and families
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Watch our ABCA video: Why We Do What We Do
Watch our ABCA video showcasing some of our volunteers both in Australia and Africa
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Watch our ABCA Volunteers Video
Watch our volunteers discuss their motivation for being involved with ABCA
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Who reads our ABCA books? Watch our video
Watch our video showcasing our beautiful readers and ABCA communities
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Watch our ABCA Promotional video from 2014
See how far we have come since our first video highlighting our work which was compiled in 2014
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We need your books and packing boxes
Happy end of 2023 financial year - read what we have done over the past six months
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