Restoring cyclone-damaged schools in Mayotte

The 10 Ideas Box hubs will help 50,000 people over the coming year to provide access to essential information and public services, contribute to educational continuity and offer psychosocial support.

Created with designer Philippe Starck, Ideas Boxes are multimedia centers in kit form, ultraportable and rapidly transportable to the field. They create safe, "disaster-proof" spaces that offer information, education, recreational and psychosocial services for children and adults. Each Ideas Box consists of 4 modules equipped with tablets and computers, books and games, an internet connection and a cinema. The furniture and generator included in the device make it possible to be completely self-sufficient on emergency sites such as Mayotte.

The deployment of 50 emergency education kits will benefit 15,000 people and support the reopening of schools and temporary education structures that will be implemented.

The kits will include physical and digital resources and will be provided to school professionals to complement their action. Built around the Ideas Cube, a miniature computer server providing internet-free access to thousands of educational content items, these kits will be complemented by tablets, books, board games and other physical media serving a socio-cultural mediation approach. Digital content will be offered in French, Shimaoré and Shibushi.