What Can Your Qualifying Campus Books Do?
You know that your campus textbook drive will "make a difference." However, you may wonder what that means in less abstract terms. Better World Books asked our non-profit literacy and education partners to provide real-world examples of potential uses of revenue generated by sales of different quantities of qualifying books.
What your qualifying books can do for Books for Africa
- 100 books can fund the shipment of 400 books; enough to provide for one classroom in Africa
- 250 books can fund the shipment of 1000 books; enough to provide for one African school library
- 500 books can fund the shipment of 2000 books; enough to provide for two African school libraries
- 750 books can fund the shipment of 3000 books; enough to provide for three school libraries
- 1,000 books can fund the shipment of 4000 books; enough to provide for four school libraries
- 2,000 books can fund the shipment of 8000 books; enough to provide for four African schools
- 5,000 books can fund the shipment of 20,000 books; enough to provide for 10 African schools
- 10,000 books can fund the shipment of 35,000 books (23 tons of books); enough to provide for 20 African schools
What your qualifying books can do for Room to Read
- 100 books can fund the printing of 100 new local-language children's books
- 250 books can fund a full year of education for a young girl
- 500 books can fund the printing of 500 new local-language children's books
- 1,000 books can fund a computer, training and support for a computer lab
- 2,000 books can fund the purchase of children's books and educational games for a school library
- 2,500 books can fund a full 10-year scholarship for a young girl
- 5,000 books can fund the printing of 5,000 new local-language children's books
- 10,000 books can fund most of the cost of constructing a new primary school
- 100 books can provide five literacy programs with a subscription to a national magazine
- 250 books can fund the purchase of a new lending library for a family literacy program
- 500 books can fund a training scholarship to a teacher
- 1,000 books can fund 50 adult education classrooms with job preparation software
- 2,000 books can fund the tools for 90 literacy programs to build their volunteer base
- 3,000 books can fund home libraries for 30 families
- 5,000 books can help 200 parents learn English and support their children’s language development
- 10,000 books can fund five trainings for parents wanting to learn how to teach their children to read
- 500 books can fund a one-year student scholarship at a top quality school
- 1,000 books can fund the purchase of materials for a 35-student classroom
- 2,000 books can fund four student scholarships at a top quality school
- 5,000 books can fund a teacher’s salary for one year
- 10,000 books can fund two teachers’ salaries for one year
Figures based on the impact of qualifying books. Metrics listed above illustrate potential funding uses, but may not reflect actual spending. Funding distributed by Better World Books to our non-profit literacy and education partners is unrestricted. The organizations may spend it in whatever manner they determine is most appropriate to fulfill their respective missions.
