BOOKS FOR AFRICA IS THE MOTHER SHIP
A MASSIVE LOGISTICS OPERATION
VOLUNTEERS MAKE THE SYSTEM WORK
VOLUNTEERS MAKE THE SYSTEM WORK
Donors of a huge variety and quantity of books, publishers, book dealers, schools and libraries, individuals, etc., provide books for receipt, processing and shipping at the BFA warehouses in Atlanta and Minneapolis.
VOLUNTEERS MAKE THE SYSTEM WORK
VOLUNTEERS MAKE THE SYSTEM WORK
VOLUNTEERS MAKE THE SYSTEM WORK
Thousands of volunteers come to the warehouse each year to sort books by age group and subject, packing them into boxes and palletizing the boxes for loading into forty foot sea containers.
TWENTY PALLETS GO INTO A FORTY FOOT SEA CONTAINER
TWENTY PALLETS GO INTO A FORTY FOOT SEA CONTAINER
TWENTY PALLETS GO INTO A FORTY FOOT SEA CONTAINER
Typically, 700 boxes of books on 20 pallets make up a container shipment. Early reader books can pack at around 70 books per box, so up to 50 thousand books typically go in our containers.
WE LOAD THE CONTAINERS TO THE WEIGHT LIMIT!
TWENTY PALLETS GO INTO A FORTY FOOT SEA CONTAINER
TWENTY PALLETS GO INTO A FORTY FOOT SEA CONTAINER
MAXIMUM BENEFIT IS DERIVED FROM EACH CONTAINER AS WE LOAD THEM UP TO THE ALLOWED OVER-THE ROAD WEIGHT LIMIT!