We are transforming the educational landscape by providing affordable and accessible educational material to students across the globe. In this presentation, we provide more background into our impact model. Learn what happens with the 50% of textbooks that we donate to university campuses in East Africa.

1. Transforming the educational landscape
by providing affordable and accessible
educational material to students
across the globe.

2. Education as a
Human Right
Education acts as a gateway for millions of young
people around the world. It provides young people with
the skills necessary to attain personal success and impact
their community. At Textbooks for Change, we believe that
access to affordable and accessible education should be a
human right for all. Socioeconomic class should not dictate
educational opportunities. Educated youth have the ability to
tackle issues surrounding gender equality, literacy rates and
youth employment in order to reduce poverty and foster
peaceful societies.
Our Impact
in East Africa
We recognize the high cost and low availability of
textbooks and work to create savings and improved
access for students, professors and post-secondary
institutions. We provide substantial supplies of quality
educational material that are accessible in campus libraries.
We seek to improve the overall well-being of the entire
campus community.

3. 52,000 textbooks donated
3 campus partnerships
90,000 students with access
$39.50 CDN saved per
textbook, per campus.
Stats How it Works
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Scan textbooks in our fulfilment centre.
Once we have about 25,000 textbooks,
we are ready to ship a donation!
Match subject matter to the needs and
courses offered by the partner institution.
Ship the textbooks from Hamilton,
Ontario to a port in Mombasa, Kenya.
This takes roughly 6 weeks.
2016 Goal: donate 100,000 textbooks to 10-15 partner campuses in Kenya.
We have over 50,000 ready to donate now.
Access to textbooks. Resources are
made available in the campus library for
all to access.

4. Why East Africa? Why Textbooks?
How do Textbooks
Benefit Partners?
What textbooks do you
donate?
Under-funded & Under-resourced: The region has seen
population and university enrolment rates increase drastically.
Unfortunately, the government has been unable to keep up
with this influx of students. Subsequently, institutions have
become under-funded and under-resourced.
Testing Our Model: We are taking a strategic approach by
focusing our efforts on partnership development, campus
engagement, and improving the well-being of students
specifically in East Africa. We have established networks,
knowledge, and existing partnerships in the region.
Deficits in Current Materials: There is a significant deficit
in the educational material available to these institutions. By
supplying basic textbooks to the campus libraries we are
directly enabling students to access quality learning material,
and correspondingly lessening the chance that key resources
are unavailable, damaged or checked out.
Interview with Kenyan Librarian:
“Have you, this academic year, turned away students who
needed access to textbooks?”
“Very often. Of 10 students, about 4 might get their request.”
Enhanced Curriculum & Instruction: Textbooks are not
only beneficial for the students, but also for professors as
well. Professors are able to draw on a larger base of quality
material for their course development which improves the
quality of instruction and learning in the classroom.
Cost-Savings for Institutions: The post-secondary
textbook industry in East Africa is very small. Most post-
secondary institutions have to purchase textbooks at high
prices from the UK, less durable textbooks from India, or a
very small number of locally printed/published textbooks. By
receiving Textbooks for Change donations, institutions retain
more funds to invest in other programs to support the
educational experience of students.
Relevant Course Material: Textbooks are sorted in our
fulfilment center and divided into subject categories. Based
on our ongoing insight, feedback, and analysis, we have
identified the following textbooks to be of high need for
donations:
• Medicine, nursing, and sciences
• Business, accounting, finance, economics, and math
• Teaching and childhood development
• Computer science and programming
• Hospitality, tourism and conservation
• Agriculture, ecology, forestry, and animals
• Law and criminology, social sciences and research
methods
Limitations of Digital Material: Universities currently have
access to e-resources, but internet connectivity, insufficient
hardware and student preferences for print material mean
that adoption has been slow.

5. What People Are Saying
“We welcome such an initiative because it means that it’s going to
raise the profile of the university, it’s going to promote a better
reading culture among our students. You cannot be a leader
unless you read.”
William Nyariki
Deputy Dean of Students
Jomo Kenyatta University, Kenya
“On behalf of Moi University, I wish to sincerely appreciate the
Textbooks for Change organization for the change you've brought
in our University Library! Your donation of books has changed our
studies as the student to book ratio has drastically improved!”
Gabriel Simiyu
MBA Candidate
Moi University, Kenya
“I have to thank everybody who sent these books to us because
they are very much valuable. Frankly speaking, 90% plus of the
books cannot be found here. So you understand what it means to
the people here.”
Wubshet Bekalu, PhD
Dean - School of Commerce
Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

6. Campus Ambassador Program
Providing meaningful employment
for students on Kenyan campuses.
Looking Ahead
East-African Operations
Building our presence and
partnerships to improve and
implement our model.
Curriculum-Focused
Fine-tuning our sorting &
distribution process based on
the needs of campus partners.
Digital Education
Testing & developing a digital
model to improve affordability and
accessibility.
Cynthia
2nd Year - Criminology
Maasai Mara University

7. Connect with us
@Textbooks4C
www.textbooksforchange.com
Textbooks for Change
Work with us
"Overall my experience working with Textbooks for
Change has been fantastic. I receive regular updates
about their work and I share these with all our staff at
the library. It’s a nice reminder that the simple act of
hosting a drop box, which requires little to no effort on
our part, can have a significant impact."
Denise Smith
Education Liaison Librarian
McMaster University
OCULA Board of Directors