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Thomas Warth THE AFRICAN BOOK WALK: A Hike Across the Gambia

Thomas Warth fundraising for Books For Africa

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To raise awareness and funds a small team is walking across this West African country. We will Tweet and Facebook en route.

  • The Reason for my Walk
  • Some of the Million books for The Gambia waiting for shipment
  • The ferry over the Gambian River
  • A Schooll in The Gambia. Note the shortage of printed material!
  • South side ferry terminus ((by Kaybubyad)
  • Fanfanni (by MirandaP)
  • Waiting for the Ferry
  • The Southern start of the Walk at the border with Senegal (by LMCabrita)
  • We will cross the Gambian River on our Walk
  • We are working to fill these bookshelves to overflowing

To end the Gambian book famine we need your help.

Books for Africa (BFA) has recently partnered with Hand In Health (HIH) to help them to fulfill their goal of delivering one million books to the people of The Gambia.

In February I will lead a group from BFA to The Gambia to meet with elected officials along with prominent business and university members about ways to help end the book famine and support the United Nations Development Goals of educating women and children.

As part of the journey the BFA team will join others from HIH for the first everAfrican Book Walk. As a team we will walk the Trans-Gambia highway, from the Senegal border on the south to the Senegal border on the north, to raise awareness about the book famine and distribute 22,000 books to Universities, local schools, and co-ops. This collection of books also contains a “law and human rights library” generously donated by our partner Thomson-Reuters. Check out their website here for more information.

Hand in Health and Books for Africa are asking you to support our walk and donate to help us deliver even more books on the African Book Walk. Currently there is a container of 22,000 books ready to ship. We need your help raising the $10,000 it costs to ship these books to The Gambia. With our target amount we can send 2 containers. In a country with extremely limited book resources and literacy rate of 45%, every book that we can ship to the country makes a huge impact, especially for the women and children. Every dollar you can donate brings us closer to this goal.

Each member of the team is paying for their participation in the African Book Walk so all of your donations will go directly to getting these 22,000 books in the hands of both youth learners and adults who aspire to learn to read.

Please consider becoming a Fundraising Team Member by joining here

http://www.razoo.com/team/The-African-Book-Walk-A-Hike-Across-The-Gambia-1

I thank you for your support,

Tom Warth and the African Book Walk team

Updates and Donor Comments

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  1. Michael HenleyMichael Henley 03/30/2012 at 12:43 PM ET
    Congratulations Tom on another effort well done.
  2. Linda L FrancisLinda L Francis 03/02/2012 at 12:41 PM ET
    Tom Warth is amazing!
  3. Thomas WarthThomas Warth 02/24/2012 at 10:58 AM ET
    We are proud to report from Banjul, the capital of The Gambia, that our walkers have successfully completed the Trans-Gambia Book Walk. 20 miles recorded on the pedometer and accompanied by thousands of students much of the way! Thanks for your support, both financial and moral!
  4. Thomas WarthThomas Warth 02/14/2012 at 06:32 AM ET
    Up early to catch plane to JFK on first leg of journey!
  5. Deb Yanker BlackDeb Yanker Black 02/13/2012 at 07:21 PM ET
    Awesome, Tom! You're an inspiration! We'll hold down the fort for you.
  6. Amy LAmy L 02/09/2012 at 07:56 PM ET
    Way to go, Tom. Thanks for doing this and sharing it with us.
  7. Katherine KellerKatherine Keller 02/09/2012 at 10:31 AM ET
    Thanks for showing us the way Tom ... you're an inspiration!
  8. Hugh W HeimdahlHugh W Heimdahl 02/08/2012 at 10:06 AM ET
    Walk proudly, Tom. Be proud.
  9. Dale SnyderDale Snyder 02/08/2012 at 12:09 AM ET
    Good luck Tom! Wish I could join you!
  10. M.NIEVES GONZALEZ RAMONM.NIEVES GONZALEZ RAMON 02/06/2012 at 03:18 PM ET
    Reading books to children is one of the most rewarding pleasures in this world
  11. Robert J MinnihanRobert J Minnihan 01/29/2012 at 02:32 PM ET
    Thanks Tom for all of your efforts to help the world.
  12. Norma FalinkNorma Falink 01/26/2012 at 11:23 AM ET
    Thanks for all your efforts for the people of Africa!
  13. Jane RubinJane Rubin 01/26/2012 at 08:07 AM ET
    Books can change the world! Thank you
  14. Stephen AversaStephen Aversa 01/26/2012 at 03:59 AM ET
    Good luck and thanks for your efforts!
  15. Virginia SteuberVirginia Steuber 01/25/2012 at 06:30 PM ET
    Thank you!
  16. Irene QualtersIrene Qualters 01/25/2012 at 06:20 PM ET
    Thank you, Tom! Good luck on the trip - nice to see you last weekend.
  17. Miranda PaulMiranda Paul 01/25/2012 at 05:27 PM ET
    Can't wait to meet you soon, Tom - and walk with you! I'll see you in February in The Gambia. But in the meantime, I'm spreading the word about this fundraising campaign! ~Miranda Paul
  18. Thomas WarthThomas Warth 01/24/2012 at 07:56 PM ET
    Check out latest info about the Walk on Facebook here http://www.facebook.com/groups/323384121034452/
  19. K L RatcliffeK L Ratcliffe 01/24/2012 at 04:57 PM ET
    Best Wishes for a successful adventure from Richard's house concert "family".
  20. Paul AndersonPaul Anderson 01/22/2012 at 01:27 PM ET
    Let us know how we can help!
  21. Thomas WarthThomas Warth 01/20/2012 at 11:38 AM ET
    With the addition of mailed-in checks from Joe and Mike we not total $515 of additional funds for a total of $1490 raised. SPREAD THE WORD!!!
  22. Patrick PlonskiPatrick Plonski 01/17/2012 at 05:32 PM ET
    Happy trails Tom!
  23. Wendy A FernstrumWendy A Fernstrum 01/15/2012 at 05:13 PM ET
    Tom, the way you put your heart and soles into activities like this is such an inspiration.
  24. Thomas WarthThomas Warth 01/15/2012 at 12:28 PM ET
    Thanks Jim for another check for $50 so we are now at $1200! Way to go! T
  25. carl cedergrencarl cedergren 01/15/2012 at 11:37 AM ET
    Take care of those knees.

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    At Books For Africa, we collect, sort and ship books to children in Africa. Our goal: increase literacy by ending the book famine in Africa.

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