Not books, for sure. And yet, books are directly responsible for feeding children – the books sold on bidorbuy by the seller who goes under the username Books Etc, to be precise.

Selling books on bidorbuy is only one of numerous fund-raising drives that Children’s Feeding Trust regularly undertakes. This organisation currently provides the funds for feeding about four thousand children in the Port Elizabeth region. The Trust receives applications from various organisations for support. Funds are then transferred to the approved beneficiaries, and trustees and volunteers visit them regularly to ensure that the funds are used effectively in feeding children.

Here is a sample of the books you can buy from Books Etc on bidorbuy and help feed a child:

• The illustrated Kipling’s South Africa by Renee Durbach.
• Everything You Do Is a Portrait of Yourself, an illustrated biography of the portrait artist Dorothy Kay by Marjorie Reynolds.
• The illustrated Companion to South African Cartoonists by Schoonraad.
• The illustrated Between the Cape and Cairo, an anthology of paintings by Tony Grogan. The books is from the limited edition of 2000 copies and is signed by the artist.
• Victorian and Edwardian Natal by Jennifer and Alistair Verbeek, a collection of photographs of the ‘colony of Natal’, giving glimpses of the daily lives of ordinary people. This is a first edition book, signed by the authors.
• The illustrated novels of Victor Hugo in five volumes: a beautiful 1900 edition.

You may also support this worthy cause by giving a direct donation. Visit the Children’s Feeding Trust website for details.