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African Children's Fund

Christmas 2021 - Buy a Book

This Christmas, please buy a picture book for a young child born into poverty in Tanzania or Kenya.
£1,140
raised of £1,250 target
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Closed on 16/01/2022
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This Christmas, please buy a book for a young child born into poverty. At just £5 each, we're aiming to provide 250 new picture books to schools and pre-schools in Tanzania and Kenya... and who doesn't love to receive a new book?!

In learning environments with limited educational resources, we're excited our partners want to give the gift of reading to children in schools and nurseries already supported by our work. Books are such an important resource and as well teaching children to read, they:

Encourage creativity

Provide escapism

Aid the development of concentration and memory

Teach life skills in a child-friendly way

For every £5 you donate, our partners will buy a book that is culturally and age-matched to the children they work with.

Please buy as many books as you can afford this Christmas and help give the gift of reading.

#BuyABook #ACFXmas21

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About the charity

African Children's Fund's work with grassroots partners in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe in education and children’s rights is making a real difference to the lives of almost 4,000 children born into poverty every year. www.africanchildrensfund.org

Donation summary

Total raised
£1,139.65
+ £175.25 Gift Aid
Online donations
£765.91
Offline donations
£373.74
Direct donations
£765.91
Donations via fundraisers
£0.00

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