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All Our Projects

Libraries Without Borders / Bibliothèques Sans Frontières is active in over 20 countries. Our projects support local initiatives by creating libraries, training librarians, distributing books, supporting local publishing, designing library networks, promoting cultural heritage, and reducing the digital divide. Check out some of our projects here.

All Africa Cameroon Chad Congo-Brazzaville DRC France Georgia Haiti India Madagascar Mali Niger Projects in Development Rwanda Senegal Togo United States

Urgency Of Reading

Click here to visit the official website: www.urgencyofreading.org When a humanitarian catastrophe occurs, international organizations and governments...
BiblioTaptap Bookmobiles for Haiti
Haiti

Libraries Without Borders and its partners are launching Haiti’s first bookmobile service. BiblioTaptaps are named after Haiti’s...
A Media Library for Innovation and Development in Cameroon
Cameroon + Projects in Development

MediYa is a re-imagined media library designed to expand access to information and culture while cultivating economic...
The Ruche: A New Central Library Reserve for Haitian Universities
Haiti + Projects in Development

The Ruche will be the principle place of storage, conservation, and distribution of academic resources in Haiti....
Training Program for Librarians from DRC
Africa + DRC

LWB has begun a training and capacity building program for the librarians of 11 educational documentation centers...
Libraries for At-Risk Youth in Madagascar
Africa + Madagascar

LWB is supporting libraries established for street children in Antananarivo
Library of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation in Congo-Brazzaville
Africa + Congo-Brazzaville

In response to a request from the Congolese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, LWB is assisting...
Reducing Inequalities in France
France

In addition to its efforts in developing countries, Libraries Without Borders is active in industrial countries in...
Supporting Libraries Across Haiti in 2010
Haiti

Libraries Without Borders is helping the libraries of Haiti, which were gravely damaged by the earthquake. It...
Heritage Library in Gokarna, India
India

LWB is establishing a heritage and culture library in India in partnership with local organizations
Central Library Reserve in Haiti
Haiti

Having established the Digital University Library in Port-au-Prince, LWB is preparing to build a Central Library Reserve...
Library and Cultural Action Center in Bokito, Cameroon
Africa + Cameroon

LWB has established a library and cultural action center in Bokito to support schools and encourage cultural...
Arlit Municipal Library in Niger
Africa + Niger

LWB is supporting the Arlit library to help it enlarge its collection of African books, create a...
Digital University Library in Haiti
Haiti

Located in Port-au-Prince, a new Digital University Library will help to rebuild Haiti's university system.
Francophone Libraries in Batumi, Georgia
Georgia

By dispatching a collection of 1670 francophone books, LWB allowed Georgian school children to learn the French...
Community Education Center in Mali
Africa + Mali

LWB is assisting the Kalaban Coro Community Center in Mali, which aims to offer educational and recreational...
Hurricane Relief for Schools in New Orleans
United States

LWB is assisting New Orleans schools to recover and improve their libraries after Katrina.
Book Trunks in Mali and Senegal
Mali + Senegal

Trunks of books representative of Francophone literature accompanied public reader Marc Roger and his donkey when they...
School Libraries in Antsohihy, Madagascar
Africa + Madagascar

LWB is supporting the creation of small libraries in the schools of the Antsohihy region by means...
Cultural Archive Center in Congo-Brazzaville

LWB has renovated a center in Mbé, Congo-Brazzaville to record and preserve local history.
Training Center in Niamey, Niger
Africa + Niger

LWB has entered into partnership with EPAD-Niger to open a library at the Niamey Association training center...
Youth Center Library in Chad
Africa + Chad

BSF has implemented a program to encourage book-centered initiatives in the region by supporting the Abéché Catholic...
Public-Reading Network in Togo
Africa + Togo

Together with the Yvelines General Council (France), BSF is working to develop the network of the 5...
Storytelling in Displaced Persons Camps in Haiti
Haiti

LWB is assists the mourning process and promotes school reintegration via the establishment of street libraries and...
Haitian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Library
Haiti

LWB helped create a Law and International Relations reference library in Port-au-Prince for the benefit of the...
Community Reading Center in Yaoundé
Cameroon

Libraries Without Borders is helping develop and strengthen the competencies of the Cultural Activity and Reading Center...
The First Public Library in Kigali
Africa + Rwanda

BSF is participating in a large-scale project to construct Kigali’s first public library and assemble a library...
Emergency Mission to Preserve Haitian History
Haiti

BSF implemented a short- and long-term initiative to save Haiti's historical heritage collections.