Our mission: The International Book Bank increases
literacy and advances education by procuring and
shipping books and other educational materials to
developing countries.

Our vision: Access to books changes lives.

Can a book really change a life? Listen to PRI's The
World interview with William Kamkwamba in Malawi.
Learn how he turned information from an IBB-donated
science book into a source of electricity for his family's
home! And William has now written a book about his
experience, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind.

The International Book Bank works with non-profit
literacy programs in the developing world to supply
them with high-quality new books and educational
materials. Our books go to children, the ill, and the
indigent, in places where there is no access to books.
We help redistribute our great book wealth to Africa,
Asia, East Europe, the Caribbean, Central and
Latin America.

Right now we're packing containers of books for
Ethiopia, Sierra Leone, Swaziland, and Uganda.
Please sign up for our quarterly e-news to learn more.

Literacy supporter Better World Books sells at a
discount, offers free shipping and the option of buying
a carbon offset. Click through our link below to buy any
book, and Better World Books will donate a portion
of your purchase to the IBB!









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  • Last date updated: May 26, 2010
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