Sir, My wife and I have recently returned from a holiday in Kenya. What an experience! What an education! Firstly we did the usual tourist thing, on safari, and saw the most wonderful wildlife. Then we went to stay with a cousin, a Kenya resident living on the outskirts of Nairobi. Thanks to her careful attention to our interests, we saw the 'other' Kenya. Simply, possibly simplistically, the animal life was magic; the human life was often tragic. Such a large number of people lacking any real opportunity. Many of your readers may just remember that my wife and I have spent a large proportion of our working lives in Pembrokeshire, teaching in local schools. Therefore, not surprisingly, we took great notice of educational opportunities in Kenya. Yes! There are some good schools, often private and often with a boarding element. However, outside the capital city and the larger townships, we were very much aware that even where there were schools, they were hugely under-resourced. Back home, in the comfort and safety of my armchair, I feel powerless to have any influence on their predicament. And yet, we can do something - a little something. Still in my armchair, I look around at shelves of books that I will probably never open again. I will have no further use for them. Third World schools would treasure them; and such gifts would cost me nothing to give. There is an organisation, Book Aid International (formerly the Ranfurly Library) that exists solely to distribute such treasures. I have had experience of their work on and off over the last 30 years - and I know that they do an excellent, efficient job. In the ample time at my disposal in retirement, I would gladly undertake to deliver books to their UK distribution centre in Coldharbour Lane, Camberwell, London. Will you help? Don't you have some (no matter how few) that you could bear to part with? They do reasonably ask that these books should be in good condition so that we would respect their dignity in offering these treasures, and also that they should be attractive for young readers to want to take them off their schools' library shelves. Always in high demand are children's fiction, such as picture books, stories and teenage fiction; adult fiction, both popular and classic; and also reference books such as atlases, dictionaries and encyclopaedias (but not too dated). Other more specialised titles are listed, which I would be happy to outline if you phone me. If you can and will help, however modestly, I promise that I will deliver them to London. Please do get in touch - my phone number is (01834) 812419. We can help. Please do! Newman Vincent, 'The Cottage', The Glen, Saundersfoot.