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Youth Action International is a non-governmental organization that uses grassroots techniques to develop and implement programs that help alleviate the suffering of children affected by war or living in difficult circumstances, empower them to reach their full potential, and break cycles of violence and poverty.

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YAI and PULA working to send books to Africa

Youth Action International & People United for Libraries in Africa (PULA) are jointly working on a program to build and launch reading rooms in Liberia and Sierra Leone. The small libraries will be built in heavily populated areas which have no existing access to libraries or reading resource centers.

Over 40,000 books have already been collected and are on standby for shipping.�