Books With Wings
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Official logo | |
| Type | Philanthropic, non-profit, non-governmental organisation |
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| Purpose | Provision of books for students in Afghanistan |
| Headquarters | University of Manitoba, Canada |
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Founder | Richard Gordon |
| Website | Official website |
Books With Wings is a philanthropic educational organisation, based at the University of Manitoba, Canada.[1] It is a collaborative project between Canadian and American students and their counterparts in Afghanistan to provide books for universities throughout Afghanistan. A United Kingdom Chapter was formed in 2015.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
The organisation owes its inception to theoretical biologist Richard (Dick) Gordon.[5][6][7]
Books sent to Afghanistan were originally mainly medical and science textbooks, but the range has since expanded to include material covering multiple disciplines such as accounting, business, computer science, education, engineering, English, history, law, literature, mathematics, medicine, midwifery, public health and science.[2][3]
Sally Armstrong provided critical support to Books With Wings, and devoted half a chapter of one of her books to it.[8]
References
- 1 2 Staff. "Books With Wings: We get books to Afghanistan". Books With Wings. Archived from the original on 2015-06-25. Retrieved 2015-06-25.
- 1 2 Staff (2010). "Books With Wings". University of Manitoba Faculty of Health Sciences, College of Medicine. Archived from the original on 2015-06-25. Retrieved 2015-06-25.
- 1 2 Duncan, Katie (24 June 2015). "Fulham supper club raises a glass to universities in Afghanistan". South West Londoner. Archived from the original on 2015-06-25. Retrieved 2015-06-25.
- ↑ Ahmad, Yusra (2004). "Books with Wings Project Set to Soar From Toronto to Gul Bahar" (PDF). University of Toronto Medical Journal (UTMJ) (pdf). University of Toronto. 82 (1): 55. ISSN 1913-5440. Retrieved 2015-06-28.
- 1 2 Ostrovsky Osmond, Deborah (2007). "Manitoba MDs rebuild Afghan medical libraries". National Review of Medicine. 4 (19). Archived from the original on 2015-06-28. Retrieved 2015-06-28.
- 1 2 Smithers, Amy (22 March 2005). "Med-book drive takes flight". The Varsity. University of Toronto students. Archived from the original on 2015-06-28. Retrieved 2015-06-28.
- ↑ Staff. "About Books With Wings". Books With Wings. Archived from the original on 2015-06-25. Retrieved 2015-06-25.
- ↑ Armstrong, Sally (2008), Bitter Roots, Tender Shoots: The Uncertain Fate of Afghanistan's Women, Toronto: Penguin Group (Canada)