Success again!
Thanks to your continued support, our April Book Sale again succeeded in raising a healthy sum to help the people living in and around the small town of Ilembula, our partner community in Tanzania. We sold over 4,471 books and DVDs and made
9,200 Euros,
all of which will be sent to promote specially designated projects and support needy residents of Ilembula and the surrounding area. This all takes place via our registered charity, HA-ILE e.V. (= Haar-Ilembula), which is funded almost exclusively by our book sales.
For example, we make sure that all children in the Ilembula area are in a position to attend school, eg by ensuring that they all have the obligatory school uniforms – without them they are not allowed to attend school. Once they have left school many students are subsequently also given financial support to take up vocational training, often in the care sector. In addition we subsidize farming projects and fund extra-curricular courses in health and hygiene. We also give financial assistance to the needy for medical care via Ilembula hospital: as there is no general health insurance system in Tanzania, this is often the only assistance available to the local population when they are injured or fall sick. You will find more information about HA-ILE and Ilembula on our website: www.ilembula.de.
In case you’re wondering what happens to the “leftovers”, we donated a large number of excess books to the Bücherkiste run by Pfennigparade; here members of a specially trained team of this charity’s handicapped residents earn income by advertising and selling books on the internet.
Thank you for your generous support in giving us so many desirable books in such good condition, in buying books, and also in donating directly to support people living in this particular district in Tanzania: it is to you that we owe the success of the Book Sale.
We will be holding our next sale in the same venue in the grounds of Haar hospital on 25th and 26thOctober 2024 and look forward to welcoming you there again. If you would like to pass on books before these dates, please drop a note to Kirsten via Kfbee2015@gmail.com or contact her by a WhatsApp or text message on +49 1525 348 2657 to arrange a drop-off at our storeroom. We will also be calling for book donations nearer the Sale and will send you more details in due course.
We hope you are enjoying reading your purchases and look forward to seeing you again in October.
Your Book Sale Team
May 2024