Millions of children in Africa today are struggling to receive the benefits of a good education because they have limited access to key educational materials such as textbooks and storybooks. Elementary education is scattershot and illiteracy rates are high even in the wealthier nations. Higher education is almost unheard in majority of the Sub-Saharan regions of Africa. We at Books to Read believe that all children should have an undeniable right to good education and want to help children unleash and achieve their true potential in society.

Books To Read humble beginnings started in Singapore in 2008 with a group of committed young adults who believed in the power of education and the importance of helping the less fortunate in society. We begin collecting text books and story books for school children in Africa under our flagship project SAIL (Singapore Africa Initiative for Learning). What started as an initiative to help children in Africa has transformed into a long term commitment to empower students in Tanzania and Zambia with the means to eradicate poverty. Through our dedicated volunteers and generous books donors, we have been able to supply more than 13,000 books to six schools in Zambia and Tanzania in 2009. By 2010, we hope to raise more than 50,000 books.