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IT'S ALL SMILES ... AT ABUJA, NIGERIA

BAFA puts a smile on the faces of these children at Premier Academy, Abuja, Nigeria, as the shipment of books to their school will no doubt make a difference in their learning experience.

Recently a container load of books was shipped to Abuja, Nigeria's Federal Capital Territory. The books have since been distributed to a number of secondary schools not only in the State, but also to some deprived Schools in the South.

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(Article in the Sunderland Echo, February 26, 2010)

Afolabi books place as charity volunteer

CHARITY champ Afolabi Ajiboye is making a world of difference to school children in Africa.

Afolabi, from Rosedale Street, Sunderland, is helping to send books to schools in Nigeria.

The 28-year-old is part of a Sunderland-based group which collects books from around the UK and ships them to deprived parts of Africa.

Afolabi beat more than 1,100 people to earn a two-month placement with Book Aid For Africa through Vodafone's World of Difference programme.

His first consignment of books have just arrived at the project and will be sent to Abuja, Nigeria's capital.

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(Article in the Sunderland Echo, June 24, 2010)

Students book place in Africa

COLLEGE students got more than they bargained for when they agreed to get stuck into their books.

The teenagers from City of Sunderland College gave up their evenings to help organise thousands of books donated to Sunderland-based charity Book Aid for Africa.

Students helped sort, pack, and shift the books, which will be shipped out to deprived schools in Africa.

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BAFA responds to Africa's brain drain

The May 2006 issue of 'The Final Lecturer' assessed the impact of this loss of talented academics from sub-Saharan Africa to the developed world in an article titled 'Britain's gain - Africa's pain?'

The article was a report from a major NATFHE-AUT conference held May 23rd 2006, which had the theme 'Brain drain in a globalised world'.

In the article, the assistant general secretary of AUT stressed that "we need to see investment in [African] universities, cooperation in developing their higher education capacity and other tangible long-term benefits."

BAFA is a direct response to this challenge.

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