Books for the Barrios
Community SubscriberBOOKS for the BARRIOS, Inc. is a not-for-profit, public-benefit California corporation run completely by volunteers that collects school textbooks, educational learning aids and devices from schools, publishers and schoolchildren in the United States and delivers them to remote barrio public schools throughout the Republic of the Philippines. Priority is given to those schools that are the most deprived and most remotely located without regard for politics, religion or ethnicity. BOOKS for the BARRIOS, Inc. has developed an efficient organization of volunteers who turn each dollar of financial support into $100 worth of educational materials placed into the hands of the teachers and students most in need. BftB also provides professional teacher training programs to advance the instructional technology of the national educational delivery system. Selected severely deprived public schools are transformed and maintained as world-class learning institutions that set the national standard. BftB organizes U.S. schoolchildren to participate as a humanitarian service project. The corporation is the largest of its kind working in the Philippines, having brought a brighter future to 10,000 eager pupils each week for the past forty years.
Archived Q&A and Reviews
Dec 2010
RE: Where to donate stuffed animals?
Since I posted my question about donating stuffed animals, I found a place that will take them. Apparently they're able to accept used stuffed animals because they ship them overseas. Anyway, the place is called Books for the Barrios, and it's in Concord. It's worth the drive out there to avoid having the stuffed animals go in the landfill. Phone is 925 687 7707; website is www.booksforthebarrios.org . They're at 2350 Whitman Road,, Suite D, Concord 94518-2841. You take the Treat exit off 24, take Treat to Oak Grove and turn left, turn right on Whitman Road. The door to Suite D at 2350 is to the side/back of the building on the left. They also accept children's books, games, puzzles, art materials, National Geographics, and working computers. It looks like a very worthwhile organization. Linda
Sept 2009
RE: Where to donate children's books?
My kids' elementary school in Moraga often donates books and organizes working field trips to the Books for the Barrios organization. I believe most of their work is with the poor in the Philippines. It seems like a great organization: http://www.booksforthebarrios.com/main/about-us.html
Jan 2009
RE: Text books/other books to donate
Books for Barrios (they have a drop off center near Concord's Costco): http://www.booksforthebarrios.com/index.php?pr=FAQ#faq1
good luck! Stephanie
June 2006
RE: Donating college textbooks
Check out Books for the Barrios to donate old textbooks. It is a great organization and easy to donate. Here's the link: http://www.booksforthebarrios.com/
Michelle
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