Medical Text Donations

The following agencies accept medical texts for donation to appropriate communities in need. Please contact them prior to shipping any materials to be sure that your donation can be utilized.

 

Click on the organization’s name to visit their Web site.

 

Asia Foundation's Books for Asia
The Asia Foundation’s Books for Asia program has been providing books, software, and other educational materials throughout Asia for almost half a century.

Contact Information:

Gavin Tritt, Director

The Asia Foundation

465 California Street, 9^th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94104
(510) 667-6476

booksforasia@asiafound.org

 

Better World Books

(Umbrella organization for Books for Africa)

Better World Books capitalizes on the value of the book to fund and support literacy initiatives locally, nationally, and around the world.

For information on campus drop box locations and to ship books, please contact your Regional Director:

http://www.betterworldbooks.com/Region/Default.aspx

 

Headquarters:

55740 Currant Rd

Mishawaka, IN 46545

info@betterworldbooks.com

Book Aid International
(London based)

Book Aid International promotes literacy in developing countries by creating reading and learning opportunities for disadvantaged people, in order to help them realize their potential and eradicate poverty.

 

Contact Information:

39-41 Coldharbour Lane

Camberwell

London SE5 9NR

44 (0) 20 7733 3577

info@bookaid.org

 

US branch:

Ranfurly Library Services of New York/ Book Aid International

34 Sheldon Drive

Poughkeepsie, NY 12603

(914) 473-1652
hamlelink@juno.com

 

Books For Africa
Books For Africa collects, sorts, ships, and distributes books to children in Africa.

 

Warehouse:

715 East Minnehaha Ave

St. Paul, MN 55106

(651) 602-9844

bfa@booksforafrica.org

 

Bridge to Asia (BTA)
BTA promotes equal access to knowledge--it supplies books, journals, databases and other educational materials that are essential to teaching and research but too costly for most developing countries to afford.

 

Contact Information:
Jeff Smith, Ed. D., President

(415) 678-2990

asianet@bridge.org

Warehouses:

Foreign Trade Services

Pier 23, Embarcadero

San Francisco, CA 94111

 

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Follett Higher Education Group

2211 West Street

River Grove, IL 60171

Brother's Brother Foundation (BBF) – International Education Program
BBF promotes international health and education through the efficient and effective distribution and provision of donated medical, educational, agricultural and other resources.

 

Contact Information:

Carol Taylor, Coordinator

1200 Galveston Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15233-2341
(412) 237-2333

ctaylor@brothersbrother.org

Global Health through Education, Training and Service (GHETS)

GHETS invests in the doctors, nurses and allied health workers on the front lines of efforts to improve the health of the underserved communities.

 

Contact Information:

Julia Dettinger, Development and Program Officer

julia@ghets.org

(508) 226-5091 ext. 15

8 North Main Steet, Suite 403

Attleboro, MA 02703

 

SABRE Foundation
The Sabre Foundation makes millions of dollars’ worth of donated books available to needy individuals in developing and transitional societies worldwide through non-governmental partner organizations, libraries, universities, schools, research organizations and other similar institutions.

 

Contact Information:

Colin McCullough, Book Donation Program Manager
872 Massachusetts Avenue, Suite 2-1
Cambridge, MA 02139
(617) 868-3510
colin@sabre.org

Sudan-American Foundation for Education, Inc. (SAFE)

SAFE is working to help improve educational opportunities for Sudanese children and youth. Currently, this goal is being accomplished by collecting and delivering donated books to university, college, and public libraries throughout the Sudan .

 

Contact Information:
Dr. Lee Burchinal, Executive Director
lee.burchinal@verizon.net

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