Efiwe.org

Efiwe.org is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization based in Edwardsville, Illinois whose goal is to send one million books to libraries in post-secondary schools across Africa.

Founding

The organisation was co-founded in 2017 as a nonprofit organisation by Philip Alabi, then a graduate student of chemistry at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville^[1][2][3] after a successful book drive in 2016 during which about 900 books were collected at and around Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and sent to Alabi's alma mater in Nigeria, the Tai Solarin University of Education.^[4][5][6]

Efiwe's stated goal is to collect college books in the U.S. and send to tertiary institutions libraries or community libraries in Africa.^{[7][8][9][10]}

Board

The non-profit is supported by a board of trustees which includes students, professors, and book enthusiasts.^[11][12]

References

1. "SIUE student donating 900 books to Nigerian university". Archived from the original on 2017-08-30. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
2. "Student looks to salvage textbooks". The Edwardsville Intelligencer. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
3. "Non-Profit takes old textbooks and sends to those in need". AlestleLive.com. Retrieved 2017-12-28.
4. "SIUE Grad Student Launches International Nonprofit Org to Fill West African University Shelves with Textbooks". ktravula - a travelogue!. 2017-06-05. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
5. "SIUE grad student launches international nonprofit to fill West African universities shelves with textbooks | RiverBender.com". RiverBender.com. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
6. Jones, Chika (2017-06-07). "SEE how this Nigerian student is helping universities around the world". Naija.ng - Nigeria news. Archived from the original on 2018-01-10. Retrieved 2018-01-10.
7. "Graduate student hosts college textbook drive". The Edwardsville Intelligencer. Retrieved 2017-12-27.
8. "Why I Want To Send One Million Books To African University Libraries By 2030 With Efiwe.Org – Philip Alabi – Tell My Story". tellmystory.com.ng. Archived from the original on 2017-06-09. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
9. "This student is collecting textbooks to send to Africa. He needs your help to make it happen". bnd. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
10. Murphy, Coral (2018-01-31). "PhD student founds nonprofit to aid under-stocked African libraries". Brown Daily Herald. Archived from the original on 2018-04-19. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
11. Smith, Kerry. "Nonprofit Org Donating Textbooks to African Universities". stltoday.com. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
12. "International Impact: Àlàbí Collects Books for Nigerian Schools | Graduate School". www.brown.edu. Archived from the original on 2018-04-19. Retrieved 2018-04-18.

External links

• Efiwe.org Archived 2017-06-22 at the Wayback Machine