Archive for the ‘Recipients’ Category
10Apr
Small charities can struggle to find a strategic funding partner to work with. We don’t have the resources to make hundreds of funding applications, yet our impact can far outweigh our size. For the right strategic partner who shares our values, working with us could be a very rewarding relationship. Are you the strategic […]
26Jan
50,000+ books around the world!
We are delighted that since we started in 2005, we have now shipped 51,000 books to 180 organisations in 50 countries! That’s 51,000 textbooks not being pulped or going into landfill but instead finding a new home supporting judges, law commissions, pro bono organisations and the lawyers of the future across the globe. A simple […]
06Feb
ILBF supporting the African Prisons Project
Feedback about the impact of the books is essential to the ILBF and we were delighted to hear from the African Prisons Project last week (APP). The ILBF shipped books to the APP in the autumn of 2016: the shipment included books donated and packed by the University of Manchester library team and LexisNexis UK. Read the article and the pictorial story to find out how important law textbooks are to the APP students and staff. The APP undertakes ground-breaking and vital work with prisons in Uganda and Kenya which supports both prisoners, prison staff and the wider community.
19Dec
A world of books in 2016
Once the final shipment of the year sets sail for Ghana in the next few weeks, the ILBF will have shipped over 850 boxes of books to 21 organizations in 11 countries in 2016. Each year the number and quality of books donated gets better and better. We thought we’d share with you some of […]
15Aug
Dominica Bar Association
The law library of the Dominica Bar Association recently received a shipment of books from the ILBF. The books were handed over by Miss Mary Roberts, the President of the Dominica Bar Association to Registrar Mr Ossie Walsh who manages the law library. The ILBF was delighted to receive a photo of the occasion of […]
26Apr
Why our books count in Uganda and Kenya
The African Prisons Project is making a huge difference to the lives of prisoners and their broader communities in Uganda and Kenya. The ILBF is delighted to be playing its own small part to assist their wonderful work. Peter Tibigambwa, Country Director for the APP, writes about what the ILBF donation means to them. “GIFT […]