Ansou in Palermo: “When someone helps you, you want to thank him in return”

OPEN-AIR READING IN MARSEILLE

In Detroit, Libraries on the Ruins of the American Dream

Homeless Youth in Senegal Find Solace in the Ideas Box

For the past two years, Future to Present and Libraries Without Borders have been working together to improve access to education for homeless and exploited youth in Ziguinchor, a city located in the south of Senegal. Seyni Diedhiou has been ...

Bringing College-Level Classes to Congolese Refugees through Coursera

In February 2014, Libraries Without Borders (LWB) launched two Ideas Boxes in the Kavumu and Musasa refugee camps in Burundi in an effort to address the pressing needs of Congolese refugees fleeing the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Within ...

Four Years of the Ideas Box

A note from Patrick Weil, the Chairman and Founder of Libraries Without Borders Four years ago, Libraries Without Borders implemented the first Ideas Box in Burundi. Today, we are eager to share how this program has developed and grown over ...

The Exile of an Iranian Family

On the night of April 10 2017, a fire devastated the Lisnière refugee camp of Grande-Synthe, which Doctors Without Borders had opened earlier that year at the request of the local mayor, Damien Carême.  At the time, close to 1400 men, women and ...

Building Peace through Libraries in Colombia

  Since the 1960s, Colombia has been in a state of civil war, with fighting primarily taking place between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). As a result of this conflict, 6.9 million people have been ...

Eight KoomBooks implemented in learning facilities in Central African Republic

Libraries Without Borders Announces the Legal Literacy Advisory Board

Leveraging our expertise, Libraries Without Borders will provide immigrants in the Washington, DC area with certified legal resources to help them understand their rights and make informed decisions about their lives. Unfortunately, many ...

The Legal Literacy Initiative in Washington, DC

Libraries Without Borders has partnered with legal aid organizations to provide immigrants in the Washington, DC area with legal resources in nontraditional outreach spaces. In the US, countless immigrants receive fraudulent and incomplete legal ...

From Libraries to Laundromats: Learning in Non-Traditional Spaces in Detroit

“Wash & Learn”: Creating Pop-Up Learning Spaces in Laundromats in the Bronx

10 year anniversary for Cameroon’s Center for cultural activities

BSF helps finance a motorcycle library project in Haiti