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Book Aid International
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Book Relief
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Country: Brazil
Recipients: Metropolitan
Organizer: Kitten22
Country: Denmark
Recipients: USWCF
Organizer: DEBYS
Books Requested: Children's, Biographies, Novels - Mystery, Thriller, Chick-Lit, Sci-fi, etc.(All types EXCEPT Women's Fiction, or as we like to call it, soft port).
Deadline: M-Bags are sent when they reach 35 pounds or more... about every 3 months or so. When BC'ers send books for the M-Bag they are journaled as being
received by me. Then relase notes are made when the M-bag is actually
sent. The USWCF members, then journal them (about three months later) when
they arrive in Denmark. Once read, they are available for other English
speaking folks or set free in the wild in Denmark. We have hooked up other
English speaking BC'ers with the USWCF to get books on the available list.
Country: Finland
Recipients: Potok-fan
Organizer: nekki2976
Deadline: Mailed once the bag reaches 11 pounds. May become an ongoing collection.
Other notes: Postage help appreciated but not required.
Country: France
Recipients: aset01
Organizer: Jare
Deadline: Ongoing collection
Country: Germany
Recipients: CiaranS c/o his mommy
Organizer: Tomatolady
Country: Iran
Recipients: Katayoun, Oceanss, Airyaa, Hengameh, Jiluah
Organizer: Kitten22
Books requested: ask recipients
Deadline: This is an ongoing collection. Each time the bag reaches 11
pounds it's mailed.
Other notes: make sure to put a note on the book saying who it's for (i.e. Katayoun, Oceanss, etc)
Country: Kenya
Recipients: Top Ride Academy in Kajaido Kenya. They are for girls ages 4 or 5
through 15 to 17.
Organizer: peacebird5
Books requested: "They need all kinds of schoolbooks and other appropriate books. Inappropriate books
are those that describe or show too much "stuff," which they just can't
relate to, such as a picture of a room overflowing with toys and books, or
how to do crafts (no supplies available there). Appropriate books are
simple ones and educational ones. Books on subjects are good; animals,
trees, math, HEALTH (big HIV crisis), English, dictionaries, reference
books, science, history (not just of the USA), etc."
"The organizer tells me that they love children's
"golden books" and any step books, because they may be learning english at
an older age and would be interested in easy reads but with more
complicated subject matter (Like a really easy book on Helen Keller, for
example)."
Deadline: This is an ongoing collection. Each time the bag reaches 66 pounds it will be mailed.
Other notes: Donations toward postage are appreciated but not required. You can email peacebird5 with peacebird5 at comcast dot net.
Direct address:
Headmaster
Top Ride Academy
P.O. Box 137
Kajiado, Kenya
Country: Nepal
Recipients: Shree Mangal Dvip Boarding
School (SMD) in Katmandu, Nepal
Organizer: peacebird5
Books requested: "There is a revolution in
the county right now and life there is very hard. The children at this
school are not only educated, but are protected from the violence going on.
The girls are at risk for being stolen and sold into prostitution rings in
other countries, and the boys are stolen to be soldiers in the Maoist
revolutionary army. The director of the school is very excited about
getting an M-bag. She says, 'Yahooo!!!! More books! I'm trying to build
both libraries (at the main school and at the Branch School for Small
Monks). I think we've finally got our mid-age kids (10 to 14 years) reading
independently/for fun.'"
Deadline: This is an ongoing collection. Each time the bag reaches 66 pounds it's mailed.
Other notes: Donations toward postage are appreciated.
Country: The Netherlands
Recipients: Moem
Organizer: Antof9
Books Requested: Books to stock Moem's OBCZ or to pass on to local BCers.
Other notes: Contributions toward postage are not necessary, but would be appreciated if you wish to contribute.
Country: New Zealand
Recipients: Boreal
and Rarsberry
Organizer: Antof9
Books Requested: books for convention attendees
Deadline: November 10; anything received after the m-bag is mailed will
be wild-released locally unless otherwise specified
Other notes: contributions toward postage are appreciated; but don't
let that stop you from sending books!
The New Zealand 2006
convention will be held in Dunedin from Feb 17-19, 2006. If you'd like
your books to visit some of our NZ friends, send them in the m-bag!
Country: Poland
Recipients: joasik
Organizer: Kitten22
Other notes: Thread about this M-bag
Country: Portugal - MAILED
Recipients: Virgulina
Organizer: tomatolady
Country: Ukraine
Recipients: a friend of solittletime's who is in the Peace Corps
Organizer: solittletime
Books Requested: "Now that I think of it, we here could use an M-bag of books for the
following purpose: to give away as "rewards" for students at our Institute
who come to a certain number of English Club meetings during the course of
the next school year.
"The students are aged 18-21 or so. Some of them definitely read
sophisticated literary fiction--but we wouldn't be looking for that, but
rather for easy recreational reading.
"We could use readable, contemporary, fairly short popular fiction: John
Grisham, Dick Francis, Sue Grafton, Sarah Graves, Stephen King (his books
are long but people love him here), Agatha Christie (she's not contemporary
but she's a real favorite here), Tony Hillerman, John D. MacDonald, Norah
Roberts, Danielle Steel...
"We don't need "new" books. As long as the books are intact and not awfully
beat up, they will be appreciated. It will also be fine if the books have
BookCrossing stickers. But can you put the stickers inside and not on the
front covers?"
FAQ
Who are M-bags open to?
Why should I donate to an M-bag instead of just sending the book directly?
I'm organizing an M-bag - how do I get my info on this page?
M-bags are sent from the United States, to recipients at a single address in an eligible country. To see if an M-bag can be shipped to a particular country, visit this page, select the country, and look for "Economy Mail Direct Sack to One Addressee - M-Bags" and you can find the rate for an M-bag composed of only books. For most countries, the rate is about $.90-$1 per pound. If you know how much your M-bag will weigh, the USPS website has a postage calculator for international bulk mail. Click on "Calculate Postage," then "Calculate International Postage," then "Calculate Volume Discount Mail," then "International Volume Discount Mail." Unfortunately I'm having difficulty creating a link directly to the postage calculator as it just gives me an error page when I link to it.
The short answer is, it can save you money. Let's take a 1 pound package to, say, Australia as an example (why? because it's close to the top of the list alphabetically and I'm lazy). If you send it directly, it costs $4.05 for economy mail.
But if you first send it to the M-bag organizer, that's $1.42 media rate + $1 for that pound of M-bag = $2.42. This can save lots of money overall if there are lots of books going to one person.
PM me with any of the following information you have:
What country is it going to.
Who the recipient(s) of the books will be. (BC name if members)
Who is in charge of the M-bag. (If someone wants to donate, who should they PM?)
What types of books are requested.
Any other helpful information i.e. deadline for mailing books to the organizer; are contributions for postage requested, required, or not needed (amounts?); anything else contributors would need to know
