Key Partners

Global Education Fund benefits from the extraordinary contributions of many key partners, without whom our work would not be possible:

Izze Beverage Company: Izze Beverage Company is a long- standing and generous corporate partner, assisting GEF in a variety of areas: publicity (through packaging, advertising and media events); logistics support with the school partnership program; corporate book drives; and generous financial support. For more information, visit www.izze.com.

bLogistics: bLogistics provides logistics services for the book and media industry, including on-line consignment sales and inventory management for book wholesalers and retailers. From its 40,000 square foot warehouse in Denver, bLogistics provides Global Education Fund with the space to store, sort and pack books. bLogistics also provides thousands of donated books to GEF, which are collected from libraries and book retailers all over the United States as part of their consignment sales program. Purchasing books and media through bLogistics benefits GEF click here to purchase.

ANU: Africa Nazarene University is a private University located in Kenya, which offers a well-rounded, holistic education to prepare students in three important areas: character, competence and community. ANU's vision is to be a light to the people of Africa by preparing graduates to be leaders in their communities who are ready to face the challenges of their times. In 2008 GEF and ANU formed a partnership. ANU students serve as mentors to secondary students participating in the GEF Kenya Leadership Program. The university also provides entrepreneurial training to GEF students through the SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise) program run by ANU faculty and students.

Publishing Companies: GEF has received support from more than 20 publishers, who have collectively donated thousands of books to our library program. Learn more about some of the publishers that support GEF by visiting the following links:

• Scholastic
• First Book
• Publisher's Direct
• Capstone Press
• Compass Point Books
• Gareth Stevens Publishing
• Picture Window Books
• Raintree Library
• Stone Arch Books
• World Almanac Library
• Pearson Longman
• Prentice Hall

Volunteers: Hundreds of volunteers assist GEF by donating reading materials; sorting and packing books; organizing the involvement of American school children; hosting events to build awareness of GEF and much more. Employees of multinational corporations and other international volunteers have assisted at our orphanage libraries with storytelling, tutoring, reading and book discussions. For more information, go to Get Involved.

Fellows/Interns: University students serve as interns for GEF, gaining course credit while assisting in a variety of capacities from grant writing, to event planning, and marketing.