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AUGUSTIN TRAPENARD, NEW GOODWILL AMBASSADOR OF BIBLIOTHÈQUES SANS FRONTIÈRES
Welcome to LWB International's website!
Welcome to LWB International's website!
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Libraries Without Borders is excited to announce that we are a 2018 Elastic Cause Award honoree! The Elastic Cause Awards, which took place at the Elastic{ON} opening keynote address in San Francisco on February 27, 2018, recognized LWB as one ...
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 ...
Imagine being a highly educated woman with a beautiful family, a promising career, and a bright future. Now, imagine having to leave all of that behind in a matter of terror-filled seconds. This is the story, the reality, of Consolata, a once ...
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 ...
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 library is an important public institution where people from all walks of life can gain access to information regardless of their ability to pay. It is also the first place where people can gain access to culture. For this reason, it is ...
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 ...
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 ...
DETROIT – October 31, 2017 – On Wednesday, November 1st, Libraries Without Borders (LWB) and the LaundryCares Foundation will host “Free Laundry Day,” during which will residents of westside Detroit can enjoy a number of festivities while doing ...
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 ...
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 ...