While traveling on a medical mission to Liberia in 1961, Mrs. Gussie Hingson, wife of BBF founder Dr. Robert Hingson, noticed a lack of educational materials in many if not all of their schools. As a result of this trip, BBF’s Education Program was formed and the first collection of 100,000 school textbooks were sent to Liberia in 1962.

The program has since grown to not only provide donated educational materials but we also work with local communities to help repair schools damaged by hurricanes and other natural calamities such as earthquakes. In 2020, with the help of our partners, BBF donated approximately $5,000,000 in educational materials such as textbooks to 5 countries.