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10 years of impact for BSF's Ideas Boxes!
Dear difteurs,
Designed in 2014 by Philippe Starck for Bibliothèques Sans Frontières, the Ideas Box has established itself as the flagship tool at the heart of our actions in favor of a fair sharing of access to knowledge around the world.
Designed to meet the needs of each beneficiary population and the specific objectives of each project imagined with local partners, each of our Ideas Boxes is unique because populated with content created and/or selected to measure.
Thoughtfully designed to reach the populations furthest from culture, education and information, they are deployed in humanitarian crisis contexts as well as in support of development programs or the fight against inequality.
This year, in 2024, we celebrate 10 years of impact for our Ideas Box. Today, there are 161 Ideas Boxes that are deployed in 25 countries and have enabled 2.7 million beneficiaries to take refuge, resist, reconcile, emancipate and cultivate hope for a better future.
Relive, with our sponsor Augustin Trapenard, these last 10 years within our Ideas Boxes!
A big thank you to you, dear difteurs, for your precious support and donations ✨
Discover our new annual report!
Dear donors,
Thanks to your difts, in 2023, Libraries Without Borders' actions benefited 497,000 people in 22 countries.
From libraries deployed in Turkey and Morocco following earthquakes, to those accompanying women survivors of sexual violence in conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo, to the creation of an educational kit to combat illiteracy through radio in French Guiana, our teams have never ceased to innovate and reinvent themselves this year in order to respond as effectively as possible to the needs of the most vulnerable populations.
Thanks to your difts, in 2023, Libraries Without Borders' actions benefited 497,000 people in 22 countries.
From libraries deployed in Turkey and Morocco following earthquakes, to those accompanying women survivors of sexual violence in conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo, to the creation of an educational kit to combat illiteracy through radio in French Guiana, our teams have never ceased to innovate and reinvent themselves this year in order to respond as effectively as possible to the needs of the most vulnerable populations.
In this activity report, explore the outstanding projects of recent months, dive into the NGO's highlights with us and discover our ambitions for tomorrow!
Here's where you can find our annual report!
Here's where you can find our annual report!
"MY BAG OF BOOKS": SHARING THE JOY OF READING AND WELCOMING VISITORS
Throughout the month of June, BSF once again offered backpacks filled with books to 3,000 allophone students newly arrived in France and attending school in the academies of Amiens, Aix-Marseille, Créteil, Paris, and also in Strasbourg, designated World Book Capital in 2024 by UNESCO.
In each of these bags: books chosen especially for them by peers their own age. This program, supported by BSF for the sixth consecutive year, is a large-scale educational project aimed at students enrolled in UPE2A - Unité pédagogique pour élèves allophones arrivants. This National Education scheme enables children newly arrived in France to be enrolled in an "ordinary" class, while benefiting from adapted support to learn French. Fully included in the school system, these students can meet new people and regain their self-confidence.
Throughout the month of June, 3,000 pupils from CP to 3ème received a bag of five books chosen especially for them - according to their age, level of French, interests - thanks to educational work carried out with their teachers and classmates, based on a bibliography and activity sheets drawn up by BSF.
Throughout the month of June, 3,000 pupils from CP to 3ème received a bag of five books chosen especially for them - according to their age, level of French, interests - thanks to educational work carried out with their teachers and classmates, based on a bibliography and activity sheets drawn up by BSF.
🎉AU BONHEUR DES LETTRES: AN EXCEPTIONAL EVENING IN AID OF LIBRARIES WITHOUT BORDERS!
For the third year running, Bibliothèques Sans Frontières is organizing Au bonheur des lettres, a literary and musical show.
See you on Tuesday, March 26, 2024 at 8:30 pm at Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin in Paris for an exceptional evening.
On the program: readings of mythical correspondences, funny and moving, by (among others) Reda Kateb, Camélia Jordana, Alexis Michalik, Ariane Ascaride, Irène Jacob, Helena Noguerra,but also BSF patron Augustin Trapenard. And, at the piano, the brilliant Alexandre Tharaud !
All proceeds will go to fund BSF's actions for girls' and women's rights.
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