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It starts with your donation.

The simple act of donating your used post-secondary textbook creates a positive impact for students around the world.

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How it Works

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We donate 50% of the textbooks to partner campus libraries in East Africa.

Education in East Africa

20%

We resell 20% of textbooks at affordable prices to students, funding initiatives on local campuses.

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30%

We recycle any out-of-date, damaged, or unusable textbooks.

Environmental Sustainability

Rules for Donating

Which textbooks can be donated?

University and college textbooks published in the last 15 years
High school textbooks
Study guides, course packs, foreign language textbooks and other material that assists in the studying process

We cannot accept magazines, academic journals, badly damaged books, or entertainment books. Our partners are unable to make use of this material. We recommend reaching out to your local thrift store or public library.

Why it Matters

Empower Students Around the World.

We can create the next generation of doctors, entrepreneurs, and artists by helping students learn with high quality material. Education acts as a gateway for millions of young people around the world. It provides young people with the necessary skills to achieve personal success and to transform their communities.

Every textbook we receive is reused by students or recycled efficiently. We sustainably support our local and global communities, book by book.

Are your textbooks currently collecting dust?
Small actions can create a big impact.

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“The most vital thing that any country that looks to improve itself is to have an educated populace.”

- Nombuyiselo M.
Engineering Student
Jomo Kenyatta University, Kenya

“When I heard about Textbooks for Change, it gave me the understanding that there is content that needs to be shared. And I think that’s a good thing. That’s how we’re going to preserve our environment. Because instead of printing more books, we are using what we have - to me, that is very important.”

- Joseph Wafula
Director of ICT
Jomo Kenyatta University, Kenya

“I don’t think a society can grow and develop on any dimension if it doesn’t have education. And I mean that socially, culturally, and economically. University education creates a group of people who will be better able to translate their natural resources and their human resources into economic prosperity for their country.”

- Dr. Nicole Haggerty
Associate Professor
Ivey Business School, Canada