Turkey: Rebuilding After the Earthquake

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

While hundreds of thousands of people still live in “container cities” today, BSF and International Blue Crescent deployed an Ideas Box in Kirikhan to help preserve the cohesion of displaced populations, provide access to education for children and adolescents, and support their psychosocial well-being.

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

Bibliothèques Sans Frontières (Libraries Without Borders) is an international non-profit that strengthens the capacity of people in vulnerable situations by facilitating access to education, culture, and information. In more than 30 countries, we create innovative cultural and learning spaces that allow those affected by crisis or precarity to learn, to play, to build communities, and to construct their futures.