Through a community of student-run READ Book Projects, we mobilise university students to collect disused, high-quality Key Stage 3 and GCSE textbooks from UK secondary schools. Our student volunteers give presentations to schools pupils to promote student volunteering, young social enterprise, recycling and global citizenship.

Our operating model is simple and low-cost and makes best use of a large supply of motivated, enterprising, and enthusiastic voluntary labour.

To date, READ Book Projects have donated 148,000 textbooks to 140 Tanzanian secondary schools and five regional libraries.  Another 188,000 are currently on thier way to Tanzania where they will be distributed among 180 schools in 9 regions of Tanzania.

The books will be used in the daily education of children working towards their Key Stage 3 and GCSE equivalent exams.

If you have disused textbooks that you wish to donate to READ, are interested in fundraising for us, or simply want more information please contact your nearest book project

"This is one of the most effective ways to alleviate poverty in Africa" - Hon Margaret Sitta MP, Minister for Education (Tz)