Turkey: Gets Reconstructed After the Earthquake

In February of 2023, a series of earthquakes hit the southeastern Turkey and the northwestern Syria.

While hundreds of thousands of people still live in “container cities” today, LWB and International Blue Crescent deployed an Ideas Box in Kirikhan to preserve access to education for children and adolescents, and the cohension of displaced populations and contribute to their psychosocial support.

Why set up a library in a humanitarian context? Augustin Trapenard, LWB sponsor, met our teams in the filed!

Libraries without Borders facilitates access to knowledge for all. In France and in more than 30 countries, the association creates cultural and educational spaces that enable people affected by war, natural disasters and precariousness to learn, enjoy themselves, create links and build their future.