Books for Freedom's First Shipment of 20,000 Books Arrives in Afghanistan.News Editors/Publishing Writers NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 4, 2002 New York-based Non-profit Collected and Donated Professional and Educational Books to Afghanistan; Gearing Up for Second Donation With Fundraiser Nov. 7 in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Books for Freedom, a non-profit organization A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. working to send desperately needed books to Afghanistan, announced today that its first shipment of over 20,000 volumes has safely arrived in Afghanistan. The books will be distributed to libraries and schools. A fundraiser is being held Nov. 7 at Zanzibar in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. ; all are welcome. Books for Freedom is a grass-roots effort that was started after its founding members heard a National Public Radio story about the need for books in Afghanistan, and started to organize a response to the dismal dis·mal adj. 1. Causing gloom or depression; dreary: dismal weather; took a dismal view of the economy. 2. situation. "Books for Freedom hopes to aid in rebuilding the country of Afghanistan by donating books in local and foreign languages that will help to create a better way of life for Afghan men, women, and children. By supplying books on all topics, we hope to increase knowledge and expand minds that were straitjacketed for so many years under the Taliban," said Melissa Street, President and Founder of Books for Freedom. Street organized a shipment to Afghanistan that left New Jersey July 11, 2002. Among the 20,000 books in the first shipment are volumes on engineering, agriculture, medical and legal topics, as well as novels and other literature. The books are in both English and local languages. Donations included 12,000 volumes from John Wiley John Wiley may refer to:
Books for Freedom is collecting books in English, as well as the predominant pre·dom·i·nant adj. 1. Having greatest ascendancy, importance, influence, authority, or force. See Synonyms at dominant. 2. Afghan languages of Farsi, Pashto, and Arabic. All types of books are sought to rebuild the nation's infrastructure and secure peace and stability. Local book drives are in the planning stages for the next shipment of books, which is set to go out in early spring 2003. Please see www.booksforfreedom.org for more information. |
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